Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when local authorities will be able to access funding for services to support residents applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 2nd May 2019

The EU Settlement Scheme has been designed to be straightforward, easy and accessible to make the application process as simple as possible. Even so, the Home Office will allocate grant funding of up to £9 million for voluntary and community sector organisation to support vulnerable EU citizens who might need additional help when applying for the Settlement Scheme.

The Home Office has also implemented a range of free direct support to meet the varying needs of EU Citizens such as an increased Assisted Digital service across the UK to help those with limited digital confidence or access; a contact centre to provide information and assistance for EU Citizens and translated communications and publications.

The Home Office has developed a community toolkit which includes communications materials and specific guidance on the EU Settlement Scheme for local authorities to download to help support individuals.

Local authorities that are providing the ID document scanning service do so by making a charge for using the service, payable directly to the local authority. The viability and cost of offering the ID document scanning service in each location is a matter for each local authority.

A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.

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