The Home Office has published its latest official migration statistics for the year ending June 2023.
There were 321,101 work visas granted, 45% higher than in the year ending June 2022 and almost two and a half times (+144%) the number in the year ending June 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Skilled Worker – Health and Care’ visa grants have increased over two and a half times (+157% or +74,096) to 121,290 compared with the previous year.
The latest increase is in part due to the expansion in late 2021 for ‘Care Workers and Home Carers’ and ‘Senior Care Workers’. In the year ending June 2023, ‘Care Workers and Home Carers’ comprised around 50% of visas granted under the ‘Health and Care’ visa category. Indian nationals were the highest nationality granted on both these routes.
See the full Home Office report here.