Written Question·Home Office·UIN 24434

Migrants: Children

Tabled: 16 January 2025

Answered: 22 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the savings to (a) local councils and (b) other public bodies of ending No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions on parents of dependent children.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

It is a well-established principle that migrants coming to the UK should be able to maintain and support themselves and their families without creating a burden on the welfare system. That is the purpose of the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition...

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