United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3805
Asylum: Employment
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21 May 2026
Last action
3 June 2026 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
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3 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing the right to work to people seeking asylum to the economy.
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21 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing the right to work to people seeking asylum to the economy.
Source: Commons
3 June 2026
Answer
Asylum seekers are eligible to apply for permission to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own.The Home Office keeps its policies under regular review. However, there are no plans to conduct ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-21/3805
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1908595
- uk · wq-1908595 · source updated 3 June 2026