HC Deb 06 March 1986 vol 93 c233W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from the Indian subcontinent (a) applied and (b) were registered as British citizens between 1980 and 1985.

Mr. Waddington

The available information on grants of British citizenship by previous nationality is given, for the years 1964 to 1984, in table 4 of Home Office statistical bulletin "Citizenship Statistics United Kingdom 1984" (Issue 21/85). Figures for 1985 will be published in August. Corresponding information on the nationality of applicants for British citizenship is not available.