Question follow-through · 754

Immigration: Personal Income

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis her Department chose the salary thresholds to qualify for discounts to the settlement qualifying period.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 May 2026
Target answer date: 18 May 2026
Answer: 19 May 2026 · 6 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

13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis her Department chose the salary thresholds to qualify for discounts to the settlement qualifying period.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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19 May 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.As part of this consultation, we sought views on the potential impact to visa holders a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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