§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories citizens on 27W the basis of a connection with Hong Kong have been (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused in 1993 and 1994 to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information requested is as follows:
1993 11994 Applications received 12,280 9,435 Applications granted 2,332 1,954 Applications refused 137 93 Outstanding 9,739 7,388 1 First six months.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British Dependent Territories citizens from Hong Kong have applied for and been granted the status of British national, overseas, in 1993 and 1994 to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information requested is as follows:
1993 11994 Applications received 523,767 496,613 Applications granted 471,379 400,844 Outstanding 52,388 95,769 1 First six months.