Question follow-through · 62876

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing asylum seekers to work unrestricted by the Immigration Salary List after six months awaiting an asylum decision on (a) the economy an

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 30 Jun 2025
Answer: 2 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing asylum seekers to work unrestricted by the Immigration Salary List after six months awaiting an asylum decision on (a) the economy an
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jul 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 4 June to Question 55328.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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