Written Question·Home Office·UIN 116318

Immigration

Tabled: 26 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of settlement routes for those on family visas from 6 to 10 years in 2012 on the number of illegal migrants arriving in the UK.

Answer

Mike Tapp
Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway to Settlement” (CP1448), were subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.The responses to the co...

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