Question follow-through · 111959

Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned Settlement, due to close on 12 February 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transitional arra

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Home Office
Tabled
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
11 Feb 2026
Answer
17 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned Settlement, due to close on 12 February 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transitional arra

  2. 11 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, has been subject to a public consultation which ran until 12 February 2026.The consultation seeks views on whether there should be transitional arrangements for those already on a ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Asylum: Fraud

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of fraud and misrepresentation in asylum applications; and what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the identification of fraudulent cl

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Asylum: Fraud

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ?what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum applications which contain repeated narratives and evidence across multiple, unconnected claims; and what steps her Department is taking