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Migrant Workers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the Indefinite Leave to Remain qualifying period on the recruitment and retention of overseas workers in Northern Ireland’s health and

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the Indefinite Leave to Remain qualifying period on the recruitment and retention of overseas workers in Northern Ireland’s health and

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    We will be consulting on the new settlement rules later this year. Details of how this initiative will work will be provided around that consultation.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: British National (Overseas)

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed requirement for a sustained economic contribution under the BNO visa application route will apply to all adult applicants, including non-working spouses, unpaid carers, full-time

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: British National (Overseas)

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of retrospective protections for BNO dependants unable to meet the sustained economic contribution requirement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: British National (Overseas)

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether young adults currently in full-time education, who were under 18 at the time of their initial BNO visa application, will be exempt from the proposed sustained economic contribution requirement

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration: Hong Kong

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed Migration Quantitative Indicators and changes to existing exemptions, including the English-language waiver for applicants aged 65 and over, will apply to current BNO visa holders

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration: Hong Kong

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals from Hong Kong who have been granted asylum or refugee status will be required to meet a 20-year settlement requirement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration: Hong Kong

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether B1 English-language qualifications will remain valid for current BNO visa holders approaching eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain; and what assessment she has made of the potential impa

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration: Republic of Ireland

28 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her earned settlement proposals would apply to the family members of Irish citizens.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned Settlement, due to close on 12 February 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transitional arra

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Fraud

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of fraud and misrepresentation in asylum applications; and what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the identification of fraudulent cl

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Fraud

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ?what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum applications which contain repeated narratives and evidence across multiple, unconnected claims; and what steps her Department is taking