Written Question·Home Office·UIN 95086

Visas: Social Workers

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Cat Smith

LabourLancaster and Wyre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether registered social workers will be eligible for the 5 year pathway to settlement for skilled frontline public service workers.

Answer

Mike Tapp
In May 2025, the Immigration White Paper set out an increase in the baseline qualification period for settlement from five years to ten, which was collectively agreed across government. A Fairer Pathway to Settlement sets out the Government’s proposed mod...

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