Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Brexit has affected immigration from (1) all countries, and (2) EU member states, and what plans they have to address any resulting negative impacts on immigration.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

An Impact Assessment was prepared to accompany the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020 (available here: Impact assessments covering migration policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)), which included an assessment of how Brexit might affect immigration volumes.

The Government also has an ongoing programme of work to monitor and evaluate the impacts of Government policies, including Brexit, on immigration. Statistics, research and analysis published by the Home Office on migration can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-analysis-at-the-home-office

All immigration routes are kept under review and any future policy changes will be announced to Parliament in due course.

Found: Immigration and Social Security Co -ordination (E U Withdrawal) Bill PBC Deb 16 June 2020, c c220-3; Immigration

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