Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the impact points-based immigration system on availability of labour in (a) manufacturing, (b) transport and (c) other sectors; and if she will take steps to help tackle these skills shortages.

Visa routes under the points-based immigration system allow firms to attract skilled workers across a range of sectors including manufacturing and transport.

However, labour market issues should not be resolved through Government intervention alone. Immigration must be considered alongside investment in, and development of, the UK’s domestic labour force.

An early insights evaluation of the Skilled Worker route was published on 15 July 2022: Skilled Worker visa: early insights evaluation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Home Office is continuing to develop plans to evaluate immigration routes introduced under the points-based immigration system.