Question follow-through · 100645
Doctors: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the dependents of doctors eligible for the earned settlement scheme will be able to qualify for faster settlement routes.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 20 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
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the dependents of doctors eligible for the earned settlement scheme will be able to qualify for faster settlement routes.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
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. A Fairer Pathway to Settlement proposes a reduction in qualifying period for settlement for those in pu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the merits of lowering the earnings requirement for a family visa.
Refugees: Myanmar
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