Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on non-UK citizens wishing to bring non-EU spouses into the UK of plans to make them subject to the same income requirements as British citizens once the UK has left the EU.

We set out our proposals for safeguarding the rights of EU nationals living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU in our policy document published on 26 June. Negotiations on citizens’ rights are ongoing and we are now within touching distance of an agreement. Whilst there remain differences on the issue of family reunion, we have been clear that we are willing to consider what further reassurance we can provide to existing families of EU residents here - even if they are not currently living together in the UK

Whilst no formal assessment has been made of the effect of income requirements on EU citizens wishing to bring non-EU spouses into the UK after the UK has left the EU, the Supreme Court has endorsed the policy on the basis that it prevents burdens on the taxpayer and ensures migrant families have the financial means to support themselves and their family.