Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a formal route for au pairs who are EU citizens to travel and work in the UK after the transition period.

Our Future Points Based system will operate on a global basis, not on whether someone’s passport was issued by an EU or non-EU country.

As has been the case since 2008, the UK’s immigration system will not offer a dedicated route for au pairs. However, there are other immigration routes which will exist for people who may wish to take up these roles, such as the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS).

The UK currently operates eight YMS arrangements which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a Youth Mobility arrangement with the EU, or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.