Question follow-through · 120663
Social Rented Housing and Social Services: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her department has had with local authorities regarding potential service pressures in children's services and housing as a result of the earned settlement proposals.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her department has had with local authorities regarding potential service pressures in children's services and housing as a result of the earned settlement proposals.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
From 8 April 2026, the English language requirement for settlement will be raised from level B1 to level B2 under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for most routes that currently require B1. This increase will take effect on ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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