Question follow-through · 109865
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the Earned Settlement consultation on staffing levels in the adult social care sector; and whether social care roles
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the Earned Settlement consultation on staffing levels in the adult social care sector; and whether social care roles
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, announced changes to the mandatory requirements and qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain. It is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 20...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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