§ Mr. Shephardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons naturalised during 1947 and the countries of origin.
§ Mr. Ede17,739 certificates of naturalisation were granted during 1947. The following summary sets out the more important countries of origin; but it is not, of course, to be assumed that the individuals in question were prior to naturalisation, regarded by those countries as possessing their nationality.
Summary of Certificates of Naturalisation in which Oaths of Allegiance were Sworn and Registered during 1947 Country of Origin Total America … … 178 Austria … … 3,237 Belgium … … 191 Bulgaria … … 15 Czechoslovakia … … 1,767 Denmark … … 144 Holland … … 226 Estonia … … 44 Finland … … 40 France … … 196 Germany … … 6,850 Greece … … 87 Hungary … … 484 Italy … … 706 Latvia … … 61 Lithuania … … 56 Norway … … 68 Palestine … … 60 Poland … … 1,330 Portugal … … 23 Roumania … … 172 Russia … … 704 Spain … … 124 Sweden … … 46 Switzerland … … 58 Turkey … … 41 Yugoslavia … … 36 Other nationalities … … 256 Uncertain nationalities … … 13 No nationality … … 526 Total … … 17,739