Question follow-through · 53556
Immigration Controls: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system published 12 May 2025, in relation to which visa routes she is considering increasing the level of
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Immigration Controls · 22 May 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system published 12 May 2025, in relation to which visa routes she is considering increasing the level of
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
The White Paper states our intention to increase language requirements for Skilled Workers and workers where a language requirement already applies from B1 to B2 levels.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Immigration Controls
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the reforms will apply retrospectively to current visa holders;
Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the proposals will apply to British National (Overseas) visa ho
Immigration Controls
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, which visa schemes the points-based system would apply to; and whether
Visas: British National (Overseas)
27 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether it is her policy to maintain the original terms of the British