Health Services and Social Services: Migrant Workers

(asked on 23rd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families of (a) NHS workers and (b) independent health and social care workers who have died after contracting covid-19 have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK since 29 April 2020.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 1st March 2021

The Home Office is granting immediate indefinite leave to remain (ILR), free of any charges, to family members of NHS, health and care workers who unfortunately lose their lives as a result of contracting COVID-19.

The Home Office has received 49 applications for ILR for those held in this route, with 10 granted to date.

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