Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for Late Applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who were granted a) settled and b) pre-settled status in the 12 months.

A breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for late applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme, who were granted in the past 12 months is not available within published statistics.

The information could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Each application is considered on its individual facts and an appropriate decision made accordingly.