{"value":{"id":1682012,"askingMemberId":4430,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","uin":"9539","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department carried out an equality impact assessment on the recent proposed changes to visa salary thresholds.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4369,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Analytical work has been undertaken across Government to support decision making in this process. A fact sheet and an initial assessment on the impact of the changes on immigration can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail</a> and <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts-accessible\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts-accessible</a>.</p><p>A full Regulatory Impact Assessment on these changes will be developed and the Government will publish an Equality Impact Assessment on this change, both in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Migrant Workers: Visas","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1682012","method":"GET"}]}