Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case 507/12, heard at the European Court of Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that EEA female citizens residing in the UK who give up work or seeking work because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth retain the status of worker under EU law.

The Home Office has incorporated the European Court of Justice’s ruling in the case of Jessy Saint Prix v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions C-507/12 into operational guidance for caseworkers, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons