Written Question·Home Office·UIN 105672

Migrants: Families

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party — Perth and Kinross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families and children are directly restricted by No Recourse to Public Funds.

Answer

Mike Tapp

The No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition applies to the vast majority of adult temporary migrants in the UK and those without legal status, many of whom may not be in touch with the Home Office.Data on the children within migrant families is not r...

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