§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications for citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies were received in each of the last six months of 1980 and each of the months of 1981; what was the total number of such applications received in 1980 and 1981 respectively; what was the number of applications outstanding at 31st December 1980, 30th June 1981 and 31st December 1981 respectively, and how many staff were in post to deal with such applications on 30th June 1981.
§ Lord BelsteadThe information is as follows:
Number of applications received 1980 1981 January … … … … 6,353 February … … … … 6,341 March … … … … 8,246 April … … … … 8,780 May … … … … 7,389 June … … … … 5,017 July … … … … 4,166 4,768 August … … … … 3,109 4,070 September … … … … 4,028 4,760 October … … … … 4,756 4,919 November … … … … 4,184 4,709 December … … … … 4,193 4,740 Total for year … … … … 50,492 70,092 The number of applications outstanding on 31st December 1980 was 54,369; on 30th June 1981, 73,529 and on 31st December 1981, 65,802.
The number of staff in post on 30th June 1981 was 231.