Citizens\u2019 rights has been our first priority since the very beginning of this process.<\/p>
In December 2017, we reached a fair and reciprocal agreement with the EU on the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, and this is set out in the draft Withdrawal Agreement. The agreement confirms that any UK national resident in the EU by December 2020 will be able to stay in their Member State of residence and will provide citizens more certainty about healthcare, pensions and other benefits.<\/p>
While the Government is preparing for a range of scenarios, including the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal, the Prime Minister stated to EU citizens on 21 September \u201cI want to be clear with you that even in the event of no deal your rights will be protected. You are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues. We want you to stay.\u201d<\/p>
We welcome the reassurances from a number of Member States that they will protect the interests of UK nationals living in their Member States in the unlikely event of a \u2018no deal\u2019 scenario and are urging the remaining Member States counterparts to do the same.<\/p>
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Citizens\u2019 rights has been our first priority since the very beginning of this process.<\/p>
While the Government is preparing for a range of scenarios, including the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal, the Prime Minister stated to EU citizens on 21 September \u201cI want to be clear with you that even in the event of no deal your rights will be protected. You are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues. We want you to stay.\u201d<\/p>
We welcome the reassurances from a number of Member States that they will protect the interests of UK nationals living in their Member States in the unlikely event of a \u2018no deal\u2019 scenario and are urging the remaining Member States counterparts to do the same.<\/p>
We also will ensure all relevant information is available to UK nationals overseas in the most transparent and accessible way.<\/p>
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The Department does not routinely hold information on career histories of Civil Servants centrally as this would be held by individual recruiting managers or the Government Recruitment Service who run recruitment competitions. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service, as a permanent Civil Servant, is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\u2019s Recruitment Principles available at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RPApril2015.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>