Asked by: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of introducing a requirement for refugees to repay asylum support costs.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Immigration and Asylum Bill introduced the principle that, where a person has received taxpayer-funded asylum support and later becomes financially able to contribute towards those costs, it is right and fair that they should do so.
The Government considers the impacts of different policy options as part of policy development. The Government published an Impact Assessment and an Equality Impact Assessment alongside the Immigration and Asylum Bill, which include the assessments of introducing a requirement for individuals who have received asylum support to contribute towards its cost when financially able to do so.
Asked by: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential positive and negative impact of the Immigration and Asylum Bill.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
An Impact Assessment (IA) was produced and included an assessment of both monetised and non-monetised costs and benefits that might be associated with the Immigration and Asylum Bill. The IA is available at:
Impact Assessment: Immigration and Asylum Bill
Asked by: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to table amendments to the Immigration and Asylum Bill; and if so, to which clauses and to what effect.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Secretary has announced the Government’s intention to amend the Immigration and Asylum Bill to introduce a new provision which would disapply the exemption from deportation for Commonwealth and Irish citizens in section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971.
The Government is considering whether further amendments are necessary to support the overall intentions of the Bill, including if further provisions are needed. These will be announced in the usual way.
Asked by: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Home Secretary intends to bring forward the changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain announced in Restoring Order and Control in November 2025.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
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.
We received over 200,000 responses from the public and organisations are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysis will help inform the development of the final earned settlement model which will be decided by the Home Secretary.
Once the final model has been decided, the Government will communicate the outcome publicly. As with all significant policy changes, the proposals will be subject to both economic and equality impact assessments.