Written Question·Home Office·UIN 103334

Visas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed 15-year qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the earned settlement model on the retention of migrant m

Answer

Mike Tapp
The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...

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