Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals with over six years of lawful residence who would face a reset of their qualifying period under the proposals if years spent on the Student, Graduate, High Potential Individual, Youth Mobility Scheme, or Tier 2 Intra Company Transfer routes are excluded from the baseline qualifying period.

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.

Once the final model has been decided, the Government will communicate the outcome publicly. As with all significant policy changes, the proposals will be subject to both economic impact assessments and equality impact assessments which we will publish as well as the Government’s response in due course.

The UK remains committed to meeting its international obligations.