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Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 18 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 February 2019. It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 February 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration: EU Nationals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether during the private beta testing phase two of the EU Settlement Scheme his Department instructed local authorities to support eligible non-UK EU children in care to secure British citizenship.

Answer

During the second Private Beta phase of the EU Settlement Scheme, participating local authorities were not instructed to support eligible EU national children in care to secure British citizenship.

Local authorities participated on a voluntary basis to apply on behalf of some children in their care. Only looked after EU national children (within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) were eligible to participate in this phase of the scheme.
The Private Beta phase did not involve applications for British citizenship, which is a separate process.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
222737
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children in care British nationality Immigration EU nationals
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk