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Migrant Workers

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 10 February 2025UIN 27715

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there was an increase in the number of settlement grants for workers from 2022-2023.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The increase in individuals reaching the five-year qualifying threshold in 2023 will tend to reflect the increase in work visas issued five years previously, in 2018 under the previous administration. My Hon friend, the Home Secretary, addressed reasons for the latter increase in her statement to the House of Commons on 2 December 2024.

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