Written Question·Home Office·UIN 67344

Immigration: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive for (a) communication and (b) support to ensure immigration legislation is applied consistently.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum are excepted matters under the Northern Ireland (NI) devolution settlement, and the Home Office works closely with the NI Executive on areas where Nationality, Immigration and Asylum matters impact on transferred matter...
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