Question follow-through · 94584

Migrants: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of legal migrants to the UK who are net contributors to the UK's public finances.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
3 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of legal migrants to the UK who are net contributors to the UK's public finances.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The net impact on fiscal balances will vary across different migrant cohorts, influenced by factors such as employment rate, income level, age, and their propensity to use different types of public services.The Government publishes estimates of the fiscal...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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