§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply of 6 July, Official Report, column 49, if he will estimate the total cost of allowing Polish war veterans to apply for British citizenship without paying the naturalisation fee.
§ Mr. RentonIt is not possible to estimate the total cost since there is no way of knowing how many Polish war veterans might in future apply for naturalisation.
§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men over the age of 65 years have applied for naturalisation in each of the past five years; and of those how many were from (a) eastern European countries, (b) Pakistan, (c) India and (d) Bangladesh.
§ Mr. RentonThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received representations from groups other than Polish war veterans wishing to have the naturalisation fee waived when applying for British citizenship; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonFrom time to time we have received such representations on behalf of a wide range of other groups including some other groups from Eastern Europe, refugees, retirement pensioners, those on low incomes and people who are in receipt of various social security benefits.