Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens were wrongly assigned pre settled status in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of these people subsequently requested to have their pre settled status removed; and how many and what proportion of those requests were successful.

If a British citizen mistakenly applies to the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office will void their application as they have a right of abode in the UK. Status under the scheme would only be granted in circumstances where, based on the information and evidence submitted in the application, it was not clear that the applicant was a British citizen.

The requested data on the number of British citizens wrongly assigned pre-settled status is not available. Where pre-settled status is granted to a British citizen, it has no legal effect.

The Home Office strives to make the correct decision for applicants first time in every case.