37th Report - Immigration: Skilled worker visas

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 819 4 July 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 40 items (6 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 39 of 40 classified)
Accepted 25
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 7
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty-seventh report from Session 2024-26 · published 15 Oct 2025
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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16 Conclusion Deferred
Home Office expanded care worker visas rapidly without completing a prior impact assessment.
Conclusion
The Home Office told us it had to respond quickly to the acute needs in the care sector workforce in the wake of the pandemic.36 Reflecting a report from the Migration Advisory Committee, which highlighted the need to temporarily develop … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation and states it will write separately to the Committee on the specific point of the impact assessment, while also outlining DHSC's ongoing monitoring of the care workforce.
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