Question follow-through · 24973

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of net migration; and what steps she is taking to reduce these.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of net migration; and what steps she is taking to reduce these.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Under the previous government, between 2019 and 2023, net migration more than quadrupled, driven by a big increase in overseas recruitment.This Government has set out a new approach to end the over reliance on international recruitment and boost economic ...

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