§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation were submitted to his Department in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977.
§ Mr. JohnThe numbers of applications recorded in each of these years were:
In addition, the numbers of applications on which a decision had been previous postponed, and which were reopened in each of these years at the applicant's request, were:
1974 4,588 1975 4,259 1976 3,827 1977 3,808
1974 1975 1976 1977 104 129 118 81 Totals 4,692 4,388 3,945 3,889