Question follow-through · 38584
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the backlog of settled status applications.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the backlog of settled status applications.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
As of the end of December 2024, 98% of all applications for status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) have been concluded by the Home Office. Information on average processing times can be found on GOV.UK at EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated proc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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