Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of public understanding of changes to immigration rules and how they may be affected by any such changes.

Changes to the Immigration Rules are accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum, which explains how each of the changes may affect the public. Following each set of Immigration Rules changes, we also update relevant guidance on GOV.UK, so the public can understand how the changes may affect them.

The Law Commission, in their report on simplifying the Immigration Rules on 14 January 2020, have made recommendations on how to improve the presentation of changes to the Immigration Rules. We are carefully considering the Law Commission’s report and recommendations. We will be providing a response to the report in due course.