Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the trialled fast track scheme for permanent residency applications from EU migrants; (b) what progress has been made to extend that programme to all eligible EU migrants; and when the roll-out of that programme will be completed.

As part of the ongoing Home Office programme to digitise applications, we have launched a number of online options. One of these allows some EEA nationals to submit online applications for Permanent Residency. This is currently limited to single applicants. UK Visas & Immigration are working towards digitalising all application routes. The intention is to enable customers to apply online across our services and immigration routes in a straight-forward and customer-focused way.