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Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to extend the permanent settlement wait time from five to ten years.

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, when she plans to extend the permanent settlement wait time from five to ten years.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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