HL Deb 05 May 1971 vol 318 cc446-7WA
LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people who have wanted to become naturalised British subjects have been refused permission to do so in each of the last ten years.

LORD WINDLESHAM

The numbers of applications for naturalisation refused in the United Kingdom were as follows:

Year Number of Refusals
1961 491
1962 462
1963 349
1964 373
1965 271
1966 186
1967 219
1968 183
1969 184
1970 162