Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of the (a) capital set-up and (b) revenue for the first five years for the provision of (i) a home, (ii) NHS care, (iii) school places and (iv) other public services for migrants paid below the national average wage.

The Home Office has previously estimated the cost of migrants to the UK in terms of NHS care, education and social services (welfare) payments. This analysis did not consider different earnings thresholds, nor did it consider capital and revenue costs of housing, which would be outside the Home Office’s remit.

Home Office analysis can be found in table A4.2 in the Impact Assessment “The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020”: The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (legislation.gov.uk).