Question follow-through · 98564

Migrants: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which government departments and schemes will explicitly include families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) within their eligibility criteria following the introduction of new guidance; and what

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which government departments and schemes will explicitly include families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) within their eligibility criteria following the introduction of new guidance; and what

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The new guidance being produced by the Home Office is designed to assist local authorities in supporting families with NRPF, as set out in the Child Poverty Strategy. The guidance will provide clarity around statutory duties and key safeguards for local a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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