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Written Question
Youth Mobility Scheme
Tuesday 14th September 2021

Asked by: David Mundell (Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on expanding the Youth Mobility Scheme.

Answered by Kevin Foster

We are open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories. However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK Nationals, with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of ongoing negotiations with partner countries as they occur.

Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.


Written Question
Youth Mobility Scheme
Tuesday 20th July 2021

Asked by: David Mundell (Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on expanding the Youth Mobility Scheme.

Answered by Kevin Foster

We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories. However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK Nationals, with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur.

Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.


Written Question
Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
Tuesday 20th April 2021

Asked by: David Mundell (Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to include the EU within the Youth Mobility Scheme.

Answered by Kevin Foster

We remain committed to expanding our Youth Mobility Scheme to more nations, including member states of the EU.

Each Youth Mobility Scheme is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK Nationals, with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties. We will not add nations unilaterally in the absence of such an agreement.


Written Question
Migrant Workers: Care Homes
Thursday 15th October 2020

Asked by: David Mundell (Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include senior careworkers in the Shortage Occupation List.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published its report on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) on 29 September.

This can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-shortage-occupation-list-2020.

We are considering carefully its recommendations before commenting on whether specific occupations will be included in the SOL.