HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 c237W
Mr. Charles Irving

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Union of Soviet Socialist Republics nationals have applied for British nationality in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Waddington

No record is maintained of applicants for citizenship according to their nationality. The numbers and nationalities of those to whom certificates of naturalisation or registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies have been granted each year are published in the annual Command Paper "Tables of Persons acquiring Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies".