Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place so that sponsor-licence revocation decisions are appropriate and take into account the impact on care workers and continuity of care.

The Government has stated it has significant concerns regarding the levels of exploitation and abuse that there is in the care sector to the detriment of overseas workers. We will not tolerate this and therefore, where such behaviour is identified will seek to deploy the most appropriate sanction on a Sponsor Licence holder.

The Home Office works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care, Devolved equivalents and funded Regional Partnerships and Local Authorities to ensure that any disruption to the continuity of care is minimised, whilst tackling the systemic issue the Care sector presents.