Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on children and young people subject to immigration control of the increasing cost of limited leave to remain application fees.

Assessments of the impact of visa and immigration fee increases are published along-side the appropriate Statutory Instruments. The most recent relevant assessments can be found via the following links:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/10/pdfs/ukia_20160010_en.pdf

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/330/impacts

Exemptions are available for vulnerable groups such as children in local authority care. In addition, applicants for leave and further leave to remain on specified human rights grounds may be granted a fee waiver if they are destitute or face destitution, or for reasons relating to the welfare of a child.