HC Deb 02 July 1990 vol 175 c393W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding applications for(a) registration and (b) naturalisation are awaiting

Citizenship applications outstanding in caseworking groups
Registration Naturalisation Total
December 1987 n/a n/a 55,374
March 1988 45,723 28,674 74,397
June 1988 n/a n/a 79,143
September 1988 n/a n/a 95,971
December 1988 n/a n/a 119,276
March 1989 84,438 41,154 125,592
June 1989 86,452 52,318 138,770
September 1989 70,858 63,877 134,735
December 1989 55,239 64,930 120,169
March 1990 38,832 65,050 103,882
May 1990 33,755 64,273 98,028

n/a = not available

The average processing times for cases completed in May 1990 was 24 months for registrations and 29 months for naturalisations. We aim to reduce these waiting times as soon as practicable.