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1148765

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 September to Question 290875, Immigration: EEA Nationals, whether a third country national is eligible to apply for settled status if they are a relative of an EEA national who (a) is serving a prison sentence that has not led to lead to their deportation, (b) has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law and (c) has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years residence in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Where an EEA citizen has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK and Islands, prior to their sentence of imprisonment and that sentence does not lead to their deportation, they will be able to rely on that right of permanent residence, or on that continuous qualifying period of residence, in applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The non-EEA national family member of such an EEA citizen can apply for settled or pre-settled status under the scheme where they meet the relevant eligibility and suitability requirements, as set out in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 161 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:42:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148766

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics dated 22 August 2019, for what reasons settled status applications are classified as invalid.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The rules for the EU Settlement Scheme state that an application is valid where it has been made using the required application process, the required proof of identity and nationality has been provided, and the required biometrics have been provided. An application is recorded as invalid if it does not meet these criteria.</p><p>The user guide accompanying the EU Settlement Scheme statistics published on 22 August setting this out can be found here <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826757/euss-quarterly-statistics-user-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826757/euss-quarterly-statistics-user-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/10/2019 15:54:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148767

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department checks the tax and benefit records of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who have been in the UK for less than five years and are applying for pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Automated checks are run against any application for status under the EU Settlement Scheme where the applicant provides a National Insurance Number with their application.</p><p>If the applicant agrees with the result of the automated check, either for pre-settled or settled status, we will not ask them for any further evidence of UK residence. If the check confirms that the applicant is eligible for pre-settled status but the applicant feels that they are eligible for settled status instead they then given the option to provide further evidence confirming this.</p><p>Information on how the automated checks calculate periods of UK residence, as well as the tax and benefit records that are included in the automated checks, has been published on gov.uk and can be found here: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 12:21:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145940

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2019 to Question 282339, how many prisoners have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p><br>A person’s continuity of residence in the UK for the purposes of eligibility un-der the EU Settlement Scheme is broken when they serve a sentence of im-prisonment. They will therefore not generally be eligible to apply to the scheme while they are serving that sentence.</p><p>Only where a person has already acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has already completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK, will a sentence of imprisonment not affect their eligibility, or that of their third country national family members, to apply under the scheme and only then if the sentence is not serious enough to lead to their deportation. <br> <br>Official statistics – ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, August 2019’ – providing detailed information regarding operation of the scheme were pub-lished on 22 August 2019. These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-august-2019</a></p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing more detailed quarterly statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme. Home Office statisticians are currently con-sidering the content of the next quarterly release and will take into account the views of statistics users.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 290873 290875 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:16:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145941

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2019 to Question 282339 on Young Offenders: EU Nationals, whether EEA national prisoners' relatives who are third country nationals are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p><br>A person’s continuity of residence in the UK for the purposes of eligibility un-der the EU Settlement Scheme is broken when they serve a sentence of im-prisonment. They will therefore not generally be eligible to apply to the scheme while they are serving that sentence.</p><p>Only where a person has already acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has already completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK, will a sentence of imprisonment not affect their eligibility, or that of their third country national family members, to apply under the scheme and only then if the sentence is not serious enough to lead to their deportation. <br> <br>Official statistics – ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, August 2019’ – providing detailed information regarding operation of the scheme were pub-lished on 22 August 2019. These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-august-2019</a></p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing more detailed quarterly statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme. Home Office statisticians are currently con-sidering the content of the next quarterly release and will take into account the views of statistics users.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 290873 290874 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:16:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145942

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 252533, when her Department will publish the Data Protection Impact Assessment and Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Data Protection Impact Assessment and the Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/09/2019 16:03:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145943

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government guidance entitled How the automated check calculates the period of residence, for what reason caseworkers are not shown information about an applicant's employment, pension or benefits.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The automated checks conducted where an applicant under the EU Settlement Scheme chooses to provide their National Insurance number have been designed to make the application process as quick and straightforward as possible. They greatly reduce the need for applicants to upload documentary evidence of their residence in the UK.</p><p>Caseworkers are not shown information from the checks about an applicant's employment, pension or benefits as this is not relevant to their eligibility for status under the scheme, which is generally based on continuous UK residence.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/09/2019 16:07:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145944

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government guidance entitled How your personal information is used within the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System, if she will publish the memoranda of understanding between her Department and authorities and organisations outside the EEA on data sharing for settled status applications.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is the data controller for all data processed within the EU Settlement Scheme, this includes where organisations are contracted to act on behalf of the Home Office.</p><p>No other organisations have access to the personal information of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office may share information with an organisation an applicant has cited within their own application. This is to verify the evidence and protect against fraud and the use of counterfeit documents. Further details are set out in the following guidance and privacy information notice:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship.</a></p><p>The Home Office takes its data security and data protection obligations extremely seriously. There are processes in place in the Home Office for the capturing and mitigation of risks and vulnerabilities to ensure appropriate control of our services. I can confirm this is the case for the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>Our staff are security cleared and data will only be accessed by those who have a valid business reason to access it. The Home Office regularly monitors the systems for abuse and misuse.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 290879 290880 290881 290882 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:55:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145945

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Government guidance entitled EU Settlement Scheme: how we use your personal information, if she will publish a list of organisations with whom the Government has shared the personal information of EU Settlement Scheme applicants.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is the data controller for all data processed within the EU Settlement Scheme, this includes where organisations are contracted to act on behalf of the Home Office.</p><p>No other organisations have access to the personal information of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office may share information with an organisation an applicant has cited within their own application. This is to verify the evidence and protect against fraud and the use of counterfeit documents. Further details are set out in the following guidance and privacy information notice:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship.</a></p><p>The Home Office takes its data security and data protection obligations extremely seriously. There are processes in place in the Home Office for the capturing and mitigation of risks and vulnerabilities to ensure appropriate control of our services. I can confirm this is the case for the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>Our staff are security cleared and data will only be accessed by those who have a valid business reason to access it. The Home Office regularly monitors the systems for abuse and misuse.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 290878 290880 290881 290882 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:55:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1145946

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the sharing of personal information of an EU Settlement Scheme applicant with an external organisation, if she will publish the criteria by which her Department judges whether an external organisation has taken sufficient steps to protect personal information shared with them.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	290880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is the data controller for all data processed within the EU Settlement Scheme, this includes where organisations are contracted to act on behalf of the Home Office.</p><p>No other organisations have access to the personal information of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office may share information with an organisation an applicant has cited within their own application. This is to verify the evidence and protect against fraud and the use of counterfeit documents. Further details are set out in the following guidance and privacy information notice:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship.</a></p><p>The Home Office takes its data security and data protection obligations extremely seriously. There are processes in place in the Home Office for the capturing and mitigation of risks and vulnerabilities to ensure appropriate control of our services. I can confirm this is the case for the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>Our staff are security cleared and data will only be accessed by those who have a valid business reason to access it. The Home Office regularly monitors the systems for abuse and misuse.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 290878 290879 290881 290882 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:55:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield