Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the immigration skills charge on the creative industries.
We have not assessed the effect of the charge on individual sectors. The cost will depend on whether employers choose to use the Tier 2 route. It will also vary depending on the number of Certificates of Sponsorship employers choose to assign, whether they pay the standard or reduced rate, and the length of time an employer chooses to employ a worker for.
We are monitoring the operation of the charge and will review the policy following its first year.