§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for citizenship were under consideration at the end of March; and how this compares with figures for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThere were 35,000 applications for British citizenship under consideration at the end of March. The corresponding figures for that month in each of the five earlier years are as follows; the figures have been rounded.
Applications 1980 51,000 1981 62.000 1982 80,000 1983 88,000 1984 64,000