While changes to immigration rules are subject to collective government agreement, the Home Office is responsible for designing and implementing immigration policy.10 We asked the Home Office what work it had done to assess the impacts of changes to the route ahead of their implementation.11 It told us that it balances government policy with the priorities of other departments, and seeks to ensure that views of all sectors are represented.12 However, it did not publish an impact assessment be...

While changes to immigration rules are subject to collective government agreement, the Home Office is responsible for designing and implementing immigration policy.10 We asked the Home Office what work it had done to assess the impacts of changes to the route ahead of their implementation.11 It told us that it balances government policy with the priorities of other departments, and seeks to ensure that views of all sectors are represented.12 However, it did not publish an impact assessment before expanding the Skilled Worker route to include care workers in 2022 and only published its impact assessment on the Spring 2024 changes in September Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: December 2025 1.2 As recognised by the National Audit Office, changes to immigration rules are subject to collective government agreement. In considering potential changes to