Question follow-through · 49750

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the published criteria for exceptional circumstances in leave to remain decisions to include (a) exceptional community work and (b) ack

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
1 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the published criteria for exceptional circumstances in leave to remain decisions to include (a) exceptional community work and (b) ack

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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