Written Question·Home Office·UIN 95873

Immigration: Domestic Abuse

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the proposals in the consultation on Earned Settlement on victims of domestic violence before its publication; and what steps she will take to ensur

Answer

Mike Tapp
We are committed to reducing Violence against Women and Girls.The Immigration White Paper, published in May 2025, committed to retain safeguards to protect the vulnerable, including settlement rights for victims of domestic violence and abuse.The current ...

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