Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2017 to Question 5865, whether people who currently qualify under the derogation in Article 17 of the EU Free Movement Directive 2004/38/EC will qualify for settled status subject to the same criteria.
As set out on page 5 of the “Joint technical note on the comparison of EU-UK positions on citizens’ rights” (www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-technical-note-on-the-comparison-of-eu-uk-positions-on-citizens-rights), the UK’s position is that eligibility for settled status should be based on the conditions set out in Articles 16 and 17 of the EU Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC).