Question follow-through · 112480

Immigration: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its earned settlement proposals on the number of children who will be born in the UK without British citizenship; and the number of s

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
18 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its earned settlement proposals on the number of children who will be born in the UK without British citizenship; and the number of s

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The public consultation on ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ ran for 12 weeks and closed on 12 February 2026. We are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysis will help inform the development of the final earned settlement model.Onc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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