Written questions

Immigration

Commons · Question 75763 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Health and Social Care and (b) Work and Pensions on the (i) proposed increase in standard qualifying period for permanent residence and

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 16 Sep 2025

The reforms in the Immigration White Paper, including the proposed increase in the standard qualifying period for settlement, were agreed across Government at a Home and Economic Affairs Committee the previous Home Secretary attended prior to publication ...