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Visas

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 121875

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the 18 month review of visa brakes includes considerations other than asylum-rates.

Answered by Mike Tapp

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.

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