§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many application forms for(a) registration of adults, (b) registration of children and (c) naturalisation were (i) sent out and (ii) returned in each month of 1987 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. RentonFigures for issue of application forms are in table 1. Monthly figures of bulk issues from store are available only in respect of forms affected by the 31 December 1987 deadline. For other forms, totals for the year 1987 are given where available. Figures for form B (registration of British Dependent Territories Citizens etc.) are not available at present.
Table 1 Adult registration1 Registration of minors Naturalisation Form R Form W1 Form MN1 Form AN January 4,500 1,500 February 10,000 3,000 March 7,000 4,000 April 12,000 4,000 May 30,000 10,000 June 13,000 6,000 July 53,000 6,000 August 50,000 6,000 September 25,000 17,000 October 30,000 10,000 November 60,000 3,000 December 50,000 15,000 TOTAL 344,500 85,500 29,500 1,53,500 1 Form R is for registration by virtue of residence since 1 January 1973; Form WI is for registration by virtue of marriage. Figures for applications received in case-working groups are in table 2:
Table 2 Adult registration1 Registration of minors Naturalisation January 2,368 662 1,557 February 3,306 777 420 March 3,274 678 523 April 2,649 473 430 May 1,394 500 2,401 June 2,003 610 2,256 July 3,985 781 1,773 August 4,669 1,008 2,939 September 4,007 873 2,190 October 4,397 878 2,282 November 9,495 1,782 4,235 December 5,890 863 1,690 TOTAL 59,034 9,885 22,696 These figures do not include an estimated 210,000 applications received since mid-September 1987 which are being sorted and prepared for consideration.