Home Office written question – answered at on 20 October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to include HGV drivers on the list of shortage occupations list to allow people who reside in the UK with work permitted status, who hold the correct qualifications, to take up such work.
For an occupation to be placed on the Shortage Occupation List, it needs to be eligible under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System.
The independent Migration Advisory Committee found the occupation of HGV driver did not meet the requirements under the Skilled Worker route to be eligible.
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