Immigrants

(asked on 7th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the applicants granted extensions of leave to remain in 2019, how many in the (a) work, (b) study, (c) family and (d) other groups had the condition No Recourse to Public Funds attached to their leave.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 2nd October 2020

Data on the number of extensions granted in the UK are published in table Exe_D01 of the managed migration detailed datasets in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets .

The published statistics do not show how many extensions were subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds condition. Currently we cannot provide the data that you have requested. However, as part of the regular publication of this data the Home Office will review whether the data can be meaningfully broken down any further.

Most migrants visiting, studying, working or joining family in the UK are subject to a No Recourse to Public Fund (NRPF) condition until they have obtained indefinite leave to remain. Exceptions are made in respect of some migrants, such as families here on the basis of family life/Article 8, where the condition is lifted if the family can provide evidence that they would otherwise be destitute. Migrants with leave under the family and human rights routes can apply to have the NRPF restriction lifted by making a ‘change of conditions’ application if there has been a change in their financial circumstances.

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