§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the changes in the fee charged for naturalisation of an alien since 1975 indicating what proportion of the costs of the scheme were intended to be borne by the changes at each stage at which they were increased.
§ Mr. HurdThe changes in the fee charged for naturalisation since 1975 are as follows:
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Naturalisation Fees: Changes Date £ April 1975 40 October 1976 70 March 1978 85
Date £ April 1979 90 April 1980 150 April 1982 200 April 1984 160 April 1986 170 A separate fee of £70 was charged for the naturalisation of the spouse of a British citizen from January 1983. The changes in this fee since then were as follows:
Naturalisation Fees: Spouse of British Citizen Date £ April 1984 55 April 1986 60 In the years up to 1980 the fees charged were forecast to recover about 50 per cent. of the costs of dealing with the application. From 1982, fee levels have been set to recover the full cost of processing successful applications.