Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in his letter to the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee dated 25 May 2018 that applications potentially falling for refusal under the character and conduct provisions of paragraph 322(5) have been put on hold, if he will grant the people affected by that review the right to work pending the outcome of that review; and if he will make a statement.

Individuals who applied before their existing leave to remain expired have their current status protected while their applications are on hold. This includes their right to work.

For those cases which have already been refused, those who still have existing leave to remain continue to have the right to work. If the review identifies that any of these refusal decisions were incorrect, we will then consider what further steps are needed.