{"value":{"id":166380,"askingMemberId":1538,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-11-26T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-12-01T00:00:00","uin":"216235","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the voltage restriction placed on the overhead lineworkers category on the Shortage Occupation List by the Migration Advisory Committee in its review published in February 2013; what organisations gave evidence on the restriction of the category to high voltage workers; and what organisations were invited to give evidence on that restriction.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1530,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-12-01T00:00:00","answerText":"

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) did not reconsider the skill level of
linesworkers in its February 2013 report. As the report explains, the review
of linesworkers was limited to reviewing the inclusion of the job on the
Shortage Occupation List, based on the MAC’s "shortage" and "sensible" criteria
only.

The MAC last considered the skill level, which led to only high voltage
linesworkers being included on the Shortage Occupation List, on pages 28-29 of
its March 2011 report, which can be read on the gov.uk website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-uk-shortage-occupation-list-for-tier-2.

The Government expects the MAC to review the skill level of linesworkers on
high and low voltage lines as part of its current review.

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