§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been received in each month of 1981 for (a) registration as a citizen and (b) naturalisation as a citizen.
§ Mr. RaisonThe figures are as follows: 79W
Number of Registration applications received Number of Naturalisation applications received 1981 January 5,391 962 February 5,438 903 March 7,234 1,012 April 7,715 1,065 May 6,400 989 June 4,225 792 July 4,138 630 August 3,484 586 September 4,069 691 October 4,214 705
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time taken to process an application for citizenship by (a) registration and (b) naturalisation.
§ Mr. RaisonThe current average time taken to complete the processing of an application for registration is 12 months where there is an entitlement to registration, and 28 months where registration is discretionary. The current average time to complete the processing of an application for naturalisation is 20 months.
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) registration and (b) naturalisation have been granted or refused in each month of the current year.
§ Mr. RaisonThe figures are as follows:
(a) Applications for Registration (b) Applications for Naturalisation granted refused granted refused 1981 January 1,861 167 595 67 February 1,914 166 456 92 March 3,817 137 657 77 April 1,484 109 444 103 May 2,344 109 396 80 June 2,259 176 783 72 July 4,017 156 673 75 August 4,198 153 451 107 September 4,616 148 656 67 October 6,608 143 337 68