Question follow-through · 99806
Immigration: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support young adults and children on the private life route who (a) are nearing the completion of their five-year qualifying period for settlement and (b) may be affect
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
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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
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support young adults and children on the private life route who (a) are nearing the completion of their five-year qualifying period for settlement and (b) may be affect
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2025
Answer published
The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement scheme, including any transitional arrangements for those already in t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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