§ Sir B. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers of nationals of the German Federal Republic who have acquired British nationality in each of the years from 1948 to 1962 and who 41W have retained their nationality in the German Federal Republic.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe numbers of Germans who obtained citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation in the years from 1948 to 1961 are as follows:
1948 … … … … 4,495 1949 … … … … 1,688 1950 … … … … 736 1951 … … … … 435 1952 … … … … 252 1953 … … … … 401 1954 … … … … 782 1955 … … … … 626 1956 … … … … 498 1957 … … … … 470 1958 … … … … 262 1959 … … … … 366 1960 … … … … 520 1961 … … … … 335 Separate figures are not available for the Federal Republic of Germany, nor are totals kept of cases in which citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies has been conferred by registration on German minors or on German women who have married citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies. No information is available of the numbers who have retained German nationality; this is a matter determined by German law.