Recommendation 36

The Home Office should learn from previous reforms that it is more important to get changes right than to implement them quickly. In order to deliver workable reforms of the kind set out in its Earned Settlement consultation, the department must take adequate time to assess the impact of its final policy and put in place measures to avoid unintended consequences. Ministers should ensure that the Home Office is prepared to effectively administer what will be a much more complicated system. The Home Office should provide a clear and realistic implementation timeline, so that people can make informed decisions about their future. (Recommendation, Paragraph 126) 66