Written Question·Home Office·UIN 112031

Immigration: Care Workers

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain criteria on the number of staff in the social care sector.

Answer

Mike Tapp
The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, announced changes to the mandatory requirements and qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain. It was subject to a public consultation, which ran until 12 February 2026.As p...

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