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Migration Advisory Committee's first recommended shortage occupation lists

The Committee's first report recommending shortage occupation lists for the United Kingdom and Scotland was published on 9 September 2008. You can see the lists and other related documents on this page and the UK Border Agency press release is in the news and media section.

Migration Advisory Committee press release (PDF 68K, opens in a new window)

Report summary (PDF 54K, opens in a new window)

United Kingdom list (PDF 49K, opens in a new window)

Scotland list (PDF 34K, opens in a new window)

Skilled, shortage, sensible: The recommended shortage occupation lists for the United Kingdom and Scotland (PDF 3.29M, opens in a new window)

In considering which occupations should be included on the lists the Committee took into account a wide range of evidence. Part of this evidence came from commissioned research and can be seen below.

A review of labour shortages, skills shortages and skills gaps by York Consulting (PDF 469K, opens in a new window). This paper reviews the literature on the definitions and measurement of skills shortages and makes recommendations on how the MAC might use these in its work.

A reanalysis of the National Employers Skills Survey by IFF research (PDF 1.69M, opens in a new window). This project enabled the MAC to use employer skills survey data in its analysis of shortages.

A review of the micro-level determinants of employer demand for migrant labour and the alternatives available for filling shortages. This work was co-ordinated by COMPAS, University of Oxford, who produced an overview paper (Anderson and Ruhs, 2008)(PDF 336k, opens in a new window). In addition, sector papers were produced which examine employer demand for migrants in sectors that frequently use migrant labour.

Staff shortages and immigration in construction (Chan, Clarke and Dainty, 2008) (PDF 274k, opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in the hospitality sector (Lucas and Mansfield, 2008) (PDF 252k, opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in agriculture (Scott, 2008) (PDF 3.12M, opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in the health sector (Bach, 2008) (PDF 423k opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in food processing (Geddes, 2008) (PDF 1.01M opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in the financial services sector (Jones, 2008) (PDF 236k, opens in a new window)

Staff shortages and immigration in the social care sector (Moriarty, Manthorpe, Hussein and Cornes, 2008) (PDF 277k, opens in a new window)