Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to increase the mobility of skilled labour into the UK.

Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce.

The UK’s immigration offer enables talented individuals to come to the UK through a variety of different routes, including Global Talent, Skilled Worker, and Global Business Mobility.  More recently we have added the High Potential Individual route for recent graduates of top global universities to build their careers in the UK.

The Government will continue to use the levers provided by the Points Based system to allow highly skilled workers to come to the UK, while taking decisive action against those take advantage of the system at the expense of those who play by the rules.