PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 September 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis is undertaken of the long-term immigration consequences of granting Family and other Dependent Visas linked to work and study routes.

Asked by:
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

The Government's Immigration White Paper, published last year, highlighted the growth in work visas in recent years, particularly in medium-skilled roles, and the associated growth in dependent visas. That is why the Government acted to restrict workers sponsored in medium-skilled roles from bringing dependants and introduced new language requirements for dependants.

Those work and study visa holders who are able to bring dependants can only sponsor their partners/spouses and dependent children under age 18, not wider family members.

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