Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the 18 month review of visa brakes will be conducted.

The visa brake is not intended to be permanent and will be kept under regular review by the Home Office in close consultation with other government departments. The brake will only be released once the government considers it appropriate to do so. The decision on whether or not to release the brake will be taken by the Secretary of State for the Home Department after consideration of a range of inputs from across government.