Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the following key workers will remain eligible for indefinite leave to remain after five years under changes to the migration rules, (a) NHS physiotherapists, (b) NHS therapy support workers, (c) physiotherapists employed by non NHS organisations contracted to provide NHS services, (d) therapy support workers employed by non NHS organisations contracted to provide NHS services, (e) physiotherapists employed by hospices, (f) therapy support workers employed by hospices, (g) Ministry of Defence physiotherapists, (h) rehabilitation support workers employed by the Ministry of Defence, (i) physiotherapists employed by other healthcare providers, (j) physiotherapists employed in social care, (k) physiotherapists employed by local authorities, (l) therapy support workers employed by other healthcare providers, (m) academic or research physiotherapists working in higher education, and (n) self employed physiotherapists.

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. Contributions will now be analysed, and the findings will support the development of the final model.

Economic and equality impact assessments will be conducted on the final model and published in due course.