Written questions

Immigration: Children

2026-05-20 · Home Office · 3803 · Official question

Apsana Begum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential impact of earned settlement proposals on rates of child poverty.

Answer

The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026. As part of this consultation, we sought views on the potential impact of the proposed ...