Written Question·Home Office·UIN 111959

Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Sorcha Eastwood

AllianceLagan Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned Settlement, due to close on 12 February 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transitional arra

Answer

Mike Tapp
The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, has been subject to a public consultation which ran until 12 February 2026.The consultation seeks views on whether there should be transitional arrangements for those already on a ...

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