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Written question asked by Paul Blomfield (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Monday, 22 July 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration: EU Nationals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the algorithms citizen matching layer and business logic.

Answer

Under the EU Settlement Scheme, we conduct automated checks of certain tax and benefits records held by HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions, where the applicant chooses to provide their National Insurance number. The checks help to provide evidence of the applicant’s residence in the UK and remove or reduce the need for them to submit documentary evidence of this.

The business logic of how the checks calculate the period of residence is available on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check

We have also published there the memorandum of understanding with each department, reasons why records may not be found, and guidance on the wide range of other evidence we can use to confirm UK residence.

All applications under the scheme are decided by a caseworker.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
278477
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Software Immigration EU nationals
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk