Question follow-through · 54352

Immigration: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens who are on the five-year settlement route.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens who are on the five-year settlement route.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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