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Immigration: Health Professions

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 65863

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) nursing staff and (b) allied health professionals will be exempt from planned changes to the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.

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