Immigration: Children and Young People — Written Question

Question

Steve Witherden

Labour — Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of lengthening the qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years for young adults and children under Appendix Private Life to the I

Answer

Mike Tapp

The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026. The consultation directly seeks views on retaining the current arrangement, whereby children and young ...

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