Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 59762 on Immigration, what progress her Department has made on each of the proposals she plans to bring into effect.

The Restoring Control of the Immigration System White Paper published 12 May 2025 set out reforms to legal migration, so that we can restore order, control and fairness to the system, bring down net migration and promote economic growth.

On 1 July 2025 we laid Immigration Rules changes that delivered the first of the package of reforms set out in the White Paper:

• raising the skilled worker visa threshold back to degree level – when it comes to immigration;
• introducing a time-limited, interim Temporary Shortage List - providing time-limited access to the immigration system where it’s proven that it’s needed;
• closing the social care worker visa route to overseas recruitment – putting further protections in place for individuals exploited by the route.

Further Immigration Rules changes were laid on 14 October 2025 to deliver tighter control, while continuing to attract top global talent. Details of which can be found here: Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules and Explanatory memorandum to the statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1333, 14 October 2025 (accessible) - GOV.UK

Further measures will be announced in due course.