Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association's call on 12 June to suspend the No Recourse to Public Funds status for immigrants for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Home Office is working closely with other government departments such as the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this pandemic.??Departments?are?sharing?what they are?learning from other bodies and charities?with each other?to ensure we continue to?take?a pragmatic approach to an unprecedented?situation.

Many of the wide-ranging Covid-19?measures?the government has put in place are not public funds and therefore are available to migrants with NRPF.?? The?Government has published advice and information about the support available to migrants living here,?including where they are subject to NRPF?https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk

We will keep the situation under review and consider further measures if needed.