§ Mr. SinghTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people currently awaiting a decision upon their application for British citizenship have been waiting more than a year since their application form was received by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. [26517]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienOn 23 January 1998, there were 37,029 applications for British citizenship in the Nationality Directorate which had been outstanding for more than one year.