Question follow-through · 8506

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving asylum seekers the right to work whilst their application is being processed.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2024
Answer: 16 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving asylum seekers the right to work whilst their application is being processed.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2024
Answer published
Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, can apply for permission to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Immigration Salary List. This list is based on expert advice ...

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