Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to this Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether family members of individuals that met the previous skilled worker salary threshold will remain eligible for the route to settlement.

Dependants of Skilled Workers can apply for settlement irrespective of the salary of the lead migrant, provided the lead migrant qualifies for settlement or has settled.

Further details on the changes and how they may affect migrants can be found through the following link: www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail.