HC Deb 17 June 1953 vol 516 cc77-8W
19. Mr. Steward

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of foreign origin have been given British naturalisation each year since 1935.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

Following are the figures of certificates of naturalisation granted and registered during the period 1st January, 1935, to 31st May, 1953:

1935 … … 1,902
1936 … … 2,267
1937 … … 1,804
1938 … … 2,158
1939 … … 2,588
1940 … … 1,496
1941 … … 1,980
1942 … … 747
1943 … … 541
1944 … … 549
1945 … … 604
1946 … … 3,630
1947 … … 17,742
1948 … … 15,108
1949 … … 9,593
1950 … … 7,033
1951 … … 4,332
1952 … … 3,529
1953 (to 31st May) … … 1,370
78,973