Question follow-through · 115988
Health Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retrospective changes to settlement requirements on health care workers and the wider health care system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 7 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
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retrospective changes to settlement requirements on health care workers and the wider health care system.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026. Contributions will now be analysed, and the findings will support the development of t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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20 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that her earned settlement proposals support migrant women.
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3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether transitional protections will apply to clergy already serving in the UK on the date any changes arising from the Earned Settlement proposals come into force.
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3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of the Earned Settlement proposals on clergy and sponsoring dioceses.
Immigration: Clergy
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to engage with the Church of England and other denominational sponsors before final decisions are made on the Earned Settlement proposals.