Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Existing UK residence documents for EU citizens, published on gov.uk, and with reference to the statement in that guidance that permanent residence documents will not be a valid proof of residence after 31 December 2020 and people will still need to apply for settled status to continue living in the UK after June 2021 even if they have a permanent residence document, whether that is planned to still be the case in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

In either a deal or no deal scenario, permanent residence (and other) documents which confirm a right to reside under Directive 2004/38EC (the Free Movement Directive) will cease to be valid when EU law ceases to apply. However, EU citizens and their family members who have a documented right of permanent residence can exchange this for settled status free of charge.