§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for British passports have been made by individuals resident in the Republic of South Africa in each month from January 1989 to the recent available date.
§ Mr. SainsburyFigures for applications received per month are not readily available but the numbers of passports issued are as follows:
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Number 1989 January 1,596 February 1,393 March 1,676 April 2,126 May 1,569 June 3,596 July 2,097 August 2,184 September 1,856 October 1,939 November 2,163 December 1,697 1990
Number January 1,884 February 2,134 March 2,439 These numbers include both first and replacement passports issued.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has on the number of people resident in the republic of South Africa who are eligible to be issued with a British passport for each category of citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office estimates that between half a million and 1 million British nationals reside in South Africa. There is no means of assessing accurately their categories of citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981. However, it is likely that the majority are British citizens.