Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on the number of school support staff who are from non-EU countries of the salary threshold increase for Tier 2 visa applications to £35,000.

Nick Gibb

The requested information is not available. The Department does not collect data on the nationality or the immigration status of the school workforce.

This is a local matter for schools and all schools must employ members of the school workforce in accordance with employment law.