Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed earned settlement system does not negatively impact victim-survivors of VAWG with (a) insecure and (b) temporary immigration status, particularly where criteria may prevent them from meeting the qualifying requirements for settlement.

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 the results of this to inform the development of the final model. The consultation sought views on the impact proposed changes might have on different groups and the case for exemptions for vulnerable groupings. Implementation of the earned settlement arrangements will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments, which we have committed to publish in due course.