Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether transitional protection will be considered for those affected by the 2022 changes to the long residence policy and current proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain.

The government’s proposals for settlement reform were set out in the Command Paper ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ (CP1448) and were the subject of a public consultation between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026. The Command Paper proposed there would no longer be a separate long residence route.

We received over 200,000 responses from the public and organisations and are now considering all responses received.  This will help inform the development of the final earned settlement model.

Once the final model has been decided, the Government will communicate the outcome, including any transitional measures publicly.  This will also include both economic and equality impact assessments.