Question follow-through · 70369
Immigration: Employment and English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) refugees and (b) displaced Ukrainians with leave to remain in the UK to (i) secure decent employment and (ii) improve their English language skills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) refugees and (b) displaced Ukrainians with leave to remain in the UK to (i) secure decent employment and (ii) improve their English language skills.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
In the recently published Immigration White Paper, we committed to increase English Language proficiency across the immigration system. This change will support migrants to integrate and be active participants in their local communities.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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