Question follow-through · 98129
Immigration: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed new earnings requirement for settlement on British children in families where one parent is a non-UK national with prima
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed new earnings requirement for settlement on British children in families where one parent is a non-UK national with prima
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The earned settlement model is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement scheme will be finalised following that consultation. However, the May 2025 Immigration White Paper and the command...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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