Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for permanent residence by EU nationals living in the UK there have been in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those applications were refused.
Statistics on applications for Documents Certifying Permanent Residence issued to EEA nationals are published quarterly in table ee_02_q of the Immigration Statistics. These cover the period up to September 2016 and include data for granted and refused applications. The most recent edition (European Economic Area data tables Immigration Statistics July to September 2016) is available at: