Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been granted pre-settled status; and of these people, (1) how many are now eligible to apply for settled status on the basis of five years’ continuous residence in the UK, (2) how many will be eligible to apply for settled status before 30 June 2021, and (3) how many will be eligible to apply for settled status in each of the 12 months following 30 June 2021.

The latest published information shows 3.88 million (3,880,400) EU Settlement Scheme applications had been concluded up to 30 September 2020, of which 1,641,600 have been granted pre-settled status. The latest figures can be found on the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’ web page available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics.

A person granted pre-settled status can apply for settled status as soon as they qualify for this. They will be eligible for settled status once they have completed five years’ continuous residence or where other criteria for eligibility for settled status without that length of continuous residence are met. The Home Office cannot assess a person’s eligibility for settled status until they make an application to the scheme.