3rd Report - Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
- HC No.
- HC 421
- Published
- 14 Feb 2018
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 25 May 2018. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Home Affairs Committee
Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration inquiry
Closed
Opened 2 Oct 2017
Closed 25 May 2018
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
Report: Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration Report: Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration (PDF 843KB) Government Response: Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration Government Response: Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration (PDF 297 KB) In its report, the Home Affairs Committee raises serious questions about the Home Office’s ability to implement the systems and staffing required to deliver proposed Brexit changes and criticises the continued uncertainty over the status of EU nationals.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 2 October 2017.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 3rd Report - Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration on 14 February 2018.
The government's response
Published 25 May 2018.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government sets out its position largely by pointing to the March 2018 agreement with the EU and to settlement scheme and recruitment plans, while disagreeing with the Committee's finding on assessment of the 'hostile environment'.
- It "understands the Committee's concerns" about the delayed White Paper, says progress has "addressed several of the Committee's recommendations", and will publish further details on the Settlement Scheme "in the coming months", ahead of launch "by the end of this year".
- On the Settlement Scheme, EU citizens resident by 31 December 2020 will have until 30 June 2021 to apply. The government says the draft Withdrawal Agreement allows a "reasonable further period of time" where there are reasonable grounds for missing the deadline.
- It disagrees that it has not assessed the 'hostile environment', citing a review of the right to rent scheme, and says it will "set out its plans in due course" for EU migration after the implementation period.
- On staffing, European Casework has "robust plans" to rise from 719 to 1,500 FTE for the start of the settlement scheme later this year, and Border Force "is in the process of recruiting an additional 300 frontline officers".
Reports
- 3rd Report - Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration14 February 2018
Evidence
- 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 29 November 2017
Recent activity
- 6th Special Report - Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2017–1925 May 2018, Report published
- 3rd Report - Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration14 February 2018, Report published
- Letter to the Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Chair of the Committee, regarding White Paper on post-Brexit immigration arrangements, 5 February 20186 February 2018, Correspondence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2018 | From committee | Letter to the Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Chair of the Committee, regarding White Paper on post-Brexit immigration arrangements, 5 February 2018 |