§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long it took to process Mr. S. Hinduja's application for citizenship; and how long the average case takes. [147795]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 29 January 2001]: On the time taken to process Mr. S. P. Hinduja's application for naturalisation, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) on 29 January 2001, Official Report, column 75W.
For a breakdown of the number of applications processed within certain time periods, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Aylesbury on 2 February 2001, Official Report, column 339W.
As at the end of December 2000, the average waiting time for all nationality applications was 13.1 months. In March 1999 it was 19.9 months.
§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of his Department's Ministers were involved in considering the nationality application of Mr. G. P. Hinduja in 1997; which other Ministers made representations to his Department's Ministers about Mr. G. P. Hinduja in 1997; to which Minister these were made; and if he will make a statement and place the transcripts of all telephone conversations and officials' minutes of such representations, conversations and meetings in the Library. [148750]
§ Mr. StrawI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) and the hon. Members for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) and for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 30 January 2001,Official Report, column 166W.