Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme to date.

The latest published information on EU Settlement Scheme applications received can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme monthly statistics’ available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-november-2019

The total number of applications received up to 30 November 2019 was nearly 2.6 million (2,592,800). Updated figures for the period to 31 December 2019 will be published on 16 January 2020.

The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. The published figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU population. Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.