§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was (a) the cost of running the nationality division of the Home Office, (b) the cost of additional inquiries into applications for discretionary registration and naturalisation and (c) the income received from fees for citizenship applications, for each of the following years: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information is as follows:
Cost of staff and accommodation of the Nationality Division Other costs of inquiries into applications for discretionary registration and naturalisation. Income from fees £ £ £ 1975–76 1,203,000 386,000 215,000 1976–77 1,109,000 353,000 242,000 1977–78 1,012,000 330,000 382,000 1978–79 1,197,000 234,000 539,000 1979–80 1,464,000 437,000 646,000 1980–81 2,183,000 1,170,000 1,009,000 1981–82 2,462,000 1,001,000 *1,933,000* * revised from earlier figure of £1,981,000 given to the hon. Member on 5 May 1982.—[Vol. 23, c. 63.]