Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6 of her Department's policy paper entitled Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, how the term continuous in paragraph 27 is defined; and what proof of continuous residence will be required.

We intend to use the definition of continuous residence from Article 16(3) of the EU Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC).

The Home Office will set out in due course what evidence may be provided as proof of continuous residence. We are committed to creating a streamlined and user-friendly applications system using existing government data to minimise the burden of documentary evidence required.