§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) applied for and (b) were granted British citizenship by (i) naturalisation, (ii) registration and (iii) registration as a minor in each month since January 1983.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe number of(a) applications for, and (b) grants of British citizenship since January 1983 is as follows:
(a) Applications Naturalisation Registration Minors 1983 January 1,459 *9,593 *1,734 February 1,713 13,356 80 March 2,048 12,361 688 April 1,798 5,745 1,133 May 1,005 2,254 684 June 862 1,665 637 July 1,111 1,900 865 August 1,000 1,904 709 September 1,121 1,989 778 October 1,110 1,803 730 November 1,237 1,780 806 December 902 1,308 589 1984 January 1,003 1,559 672 February 1,237 1,736 786 Totals 17,606 58,953 10,891 * The figure for minor applications in January 1983 includes applications made under the British Nationality Act 1948, thereafter any such applications are included in the figures for registration. No separate figures are available.
(b) Grants Naturalisation Registration Minors 1983 January 89 484 124 February 213 5,598 759 March 683 3,316 989 April 587 3,301 803 May 535 4,257 876 June 563 3,658 743 July 818 4,553 1,060 August 1,062 4,718 1,303 September 694 3,078 755 October 743 3,109 800 November 777 3,376 847 December 643 4,005 792 1984 January 809 4,960 1,054 February 526 5,095 820 Totals 8,742 53,508 11,725