Written Question·Home Office·UIN 75762

Immigration: Scotland

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what engagement she has had with the Further Education sector in Scotland on the proposals in the Immigration White Paper to increase the standard qualifying period for permanent residence from five t

Answer

Mike Tapp
The reforms in the Immigration White Paper, including the proposed increase in the standard qualifying period for settlement, were agreed across Government at a Home and Economic Affairs Committee the previous Home Secretary attended prior to publication ...

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