Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of proposed changes under the Fairer Pathway to Settlement consultation on demand for independent immigration advice services; and what steps they are taking to ensure those services have sufficient workforce capacity to meet that demand.

Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway to Settlement” (CP1448), were subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.

We are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. Implementation of the earned settlement arrangements will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments, which we have committed to publish in due course.