Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for completion of the process for a non-UK EU national to gain permanent residency has been since 23 June 2016.
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018