§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in each of the past five years have been refused British nationality; and what were the countries from which they came.
§ Mr. RaisonThe totals below give the number of applications that did not result in the grant of citizenship, and include, for example, applications that were withdrawn. No central record is kept of the country from which the applicants came.
Numbers 1977 5,021 1978 3,737 1979 6,218 1980 7,230 1981 6,037