Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU citizens who have immigrated to Glasgow since 29 March 2017.

The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, proposes that EU citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date, have five years’ continuous residence and who do not breach the requirements in relation to criminality, public policy and public security, will be able to apply for UK settled status.

This is a fair and serious offer, and EU citizens granted settled status will be free to reside in any capacity and undertake any lawful activity. We also intend to treat EU citizens with settled status in the same way as if they were UK citizens for the purposes of education, benefits and pensions.

This will be subject to negotiations and a reciprocal deal with the EU.

The Home Office does not hold any data on the numbers of EU citizens in Glasgow who may have to apply for settled status. No estimate has been made of the number of EU citizens who have immigrated to Glasgow since 29 March 2017.