§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of applications by category dealt with at Lunar house in each year since 1979 and the number of staff dealing with them.
§ Mr. RentonThe number of citizenship applications dealt with since 1979 and after entry decisions dealt with since 1984 (comparable figures are not available before) are as follows:
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Applications for citizenship completed Category of Case Year of Decision Naturalisation Registration 1979 2,832 29,023 1980 7,442 31,542 1981 7,903 48,063 1982 8,416 73,643 1983 8,675 52,444 1984 15,226 62,894 1985 16,262 40,739 1986 15,209 35,327 1987 119,895 150,546 1 Provisional
After-entry decisions2 made 1984–87 Year of Decision Category of case 1984 1985 1986 1987 Visitors 31,600 39,500 44,000 36,200 Working holiday makers 2,900 5,200 3,500 3,800 Students/trainees 72,300 81,000 78,000 71,500 Au pairs 1,400 1,600 1,700 1,300 Work permit holders 13,900 13,200 13,100 11,500 Permit free employment 13,700 14,100 12,500 10,200 Business/independent means 2,300 2,400 2,600 2,600 Fiance(e)s 500 500 400 300 Marriage 4,800 6,500 7,400 7,000 Refugees/asylum 3,100 4,100 3,500 2,800 Settlement 25,700 29,400 26,000 26,700 Others1 26,100 32,400 30,800 32,700 All decisions 198,200 227,900 223,500 206,600 1 Largely return of passport cases. 2 Including decisions taken by the regional public inquiry offices but excluding entry clearance cases. The number of staff dealing with this work in the immigration and nationality department at Lunar house in January for each of the years 1985–88 was given in a reply to a question from the hon. Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Vaz) on 9 February, at column 137.