Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which month each year salary thresholds will be updated using ASHE data; and whether thresholds could fall if wages fall.

Salary thresholds are updated as soon as reasonably practical, this is usually in the spring Immigration Rules changes.

As the requirements are based on Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data then requirements could fall if the trend for all workers is downward.

The Government considers it is right that salary requirements for Skilled Workers should reflect changes in wider UK salaries.