Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper, The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System: Policy Statement, published on 19 February 2020, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of EEA citizens working in the creative industries who would have been denied a visa under those proposals since 2004.

Musicians and performers are a valued and important part of UK culture. The UK attracts world class artists, entertainers and musicians and that is not going to change under the new system.

The Home Office continues to engage with the creative sector to ensure the future system will enable the UK’s cultural life to thrive.

In delivering on its manifesto commitments for a new points-based system, the Government has considered relevant views, evidence, and analysis.

More detailed analysis will be provided on the points-based system and individual routes will be published shortly.