Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Secretary of State for the Home Department on legal migration of 4 December 2023, Official Report, column 41, whether his Department conducted an equality impact assessment of his policies on reducing net migration.

The policy proposals do not directly discriminate against people on the basis of the protected characteristics. There may be some indirect impacts. We consider the measures to be proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aims of managing immigration, attracting high-skilled individuals, controlling our borders and protecting the UK taxpayer.