Question follow-through · 902576
Employment: Asylum
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of restrictions on the right to work on women seeking asylum.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of restrictions on the right to work on women seeking asylum.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
This Government remains determined to restore order to the asylum system and clear the backlog of claims as quickly as possible.Asylum seekers can apply for permission to work if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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