HC Deb 22 July 1993 vol 229 cc374-85W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation made under the provisions of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 were(a) decided, (b) granted, (c) refused and (d) withdrawn, under each class and category of the scheme, in each quarter since January 1992 and in total throughout the existence of the scheme; and how many of these applications were from (i) heads of households or (ii) family members.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Information about family members is not available for refusals or withdrawals of applications. The remaining information requested is shown. The equivalent information I gave last year is answer to a question from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Darling) on 13 July 1992, columns477–80, omitted grants of citizenship to "other teaching personnel" in the period April-June 1992. I regret this omission, which has been corrected in the following tables.

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
January-March 1992
General occupation
Managers and administrators 430 12 26 418
Business professionals 297 0 0 297
Business and administration associate professionals 0 0 0 0
Accountants and auditors 861 0 0 861
Accounting associate professionals 309 0 0 309
Engineers and related professionals 0 0 0 0
Architects, planners and surveyors 0 0 0 0
Engineering associated professionals 0 0 0 0
Information science professionals 24 24 41 0
News editors and journalists 120 35 55 85
Medical doctors 505 57 128 448
Physical & life science 98 25 44 73
Nurses and midwives 885 527 967 358
Other medical professionals 120 0 0 120
Health associated professionals 0 0 0 0
Legal professionals 10 10 23 0
Legal associate professionals 109 0 0 109
Teaching professionals 206 96 162 110
Educational adminstrators 232 73 143 159
Other teaching personnel 758 0 0 758
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 0 0 0 0
Life science technicians 0 0 0 0
Physical science technicians 0 0 0 0
Social work professionals 29 29 60 0
Statistical assistants 0 0 0 0
Translators/Interpreters 3 3 7 0
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 332 332 711 0
Customs and Excise Service 59 59 121 0
Fire Services Department 386 386 869 0
Immigration Service 22 22 45 0
Operation Department, ICAC 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 31 31 82 0
Garrison (Army) 83 83 193 0
Garrison (Navy) 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurs 25 25 48 0
Sensitive Service 309 290 535 19

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
April June 1992
General occupational
Managers and administrators 775 38 80 737
Business professionals 775 315 459 460
Business and administration associated professionals 2,133 0 0 2,133
Accountants and auditors 1,896 409 731 1,487
Accounting associate professionals 576 0 0 576
Engineers and related professionals 2,900 0 0 2,900
Architects, planners and surveyors 1,088 171 325 917
Engineers associated professionals 2,894 63 121 2,831
Information science professionals 1,778 834 986 944
News editors and journalists 207 15 19 192
Medical doctors 748 21 50 727
Physical & life science 125 0 0 125
Nurses and midwives 939 440 788 499
Other medical professionals 205 0 0 205
Health associate professionals 481 0 0 481
Legal professionals 928 17 35 911
Legal associate professionals 213 0 0 213
Teaching professionals 217 38 65 179
Educational adminstrators 326 0 0 326

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
Other teaching personnel 1,247 108 197 1,139
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 9 0 0 49
Life science technicians 17 0 0 17
Physical science technicians 92 0 0 92
Social work professionals 435 19 35 416
Statistical assistants 76 0 0 76
Translators/Interpreters 214 0 0 214
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 322 246 482 76
Customs and Excise Service 126 22 44 104
Fire Services Department 442 174 429 268
Immigration Service 588 74 133 514
Operation Department, ICAC 105 0 0 105
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 3 0 0 3
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 402 402 906 0
Garrison (Army) 471 31 85 440
Garrison (Navy) 36 0 0 36
Entrepreneurs 42 8 9 34
Sensitive Service 92 92 166 0

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
July-September 1992
General occupational
Managers and administrators 1,617 1,600 2,780 17
Business professionals 112 110 151 2
Business and administration associated professionals 324 308 557 16
Accountants and auditors 219 216 401 3
Accounting associate professionals 50 49 81 1
Engineers and related professionals 203 188 407 15
Architects, planners and surveyors 144 141 227 3
Engineering associate professionals 152 148 317 4
Information science professionals 144 138 175 6
News editors and journalists 4 2 3 2
Medical doctors 39 37 31 2
Physical & life science 4 4 5 0
Nurses and midwives 79 76 135 3
Other medical professionals 44 43 61 1
Health associate professionals 41 41 90 0
Legal professionals 2 0 0 2
Legal associate professionals 14 13 25 1
Teaching professionals 38 36 62 2
Educational administrators 26 25 48 1
Other teaching personnel 276 264 522 12
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 46 45 96 1
Life science technicians 19 18 31 1
Physical science technicians 11 11 22 0
Social work professionals 18 18 36 0
Statistical assistants 0 0 0 0
Translators/Interpreters 0 0 0 0
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 83 80 180 3
Customs and Excise Service 0 0 0 0
Fire Services Department 36 34 55 2
Immigration Service 162 161 260 1
Operation Department, ICAC 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 1,453 1,453 2,877 0
Garrison (Army) 11 11 33 0
Garrison (Navy) 8 8 12 0

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
Entrepreneurs 19 19 18 0
Sensitive Service 341 197 333 144

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
October-December 1992
General occupational
Managers and administrators 2,309 2,227 3,115 82
Business professionals 121 119 105 2
Business and administration associate professionals 738 725 1,128 13
Accountants and auditors 114 112 163 2
Accounting associate professionals 46 44 68 2
Engineers and related professionals 510 504 1,019 6
Architects, planners and surveyors 20 18 42 2
Engineering associate professionals 213 211 450 2
Information science professionals 218 213 158 5
News editors and journalists 27 25 35 2
Medical doctors 29 29 53 0
Physical and life science 1 1 1 0
Nurses and midwives 105 103 200 2
Other medical professionals 51 50 87 1
Health associate professionals 177 177 355 0
Legal professionals 40 30 46 10
Legal associate professionals 24 23 31 1
Teaching professionals 49 48 80 1
Educational administrators 35 33 82 2
Other teaching personnel 351 351 638 0
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 0 0 0 0
Life science technicians 0 0 0 0
Physical science technicians 6 6 12 0
Social work professionals 7 7 16 0
Statistical assistants 6 6 12 0
Translators/Interpreters 7 4 6 3
Disciplined services
Correctional Services Department 105 104 172 1
Customs and Excise Service 73 73 144 0
Fire Services Department 131 131 235 0
Immigration Service 136 135 209 1
Operational Department, ICAC 3 3 11 0
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 7 7 15 0
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 1,071 1,053 1,571 18
Garrison (Army) 9 0 0 9
Garrison (Navy) 17 13 31 4
Entrepreneurs 2 0 0 2
Sensitive Service 82 77 137 5

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependants
January-March 1993
General occupation
Managers and administrators 2,603 2,527 3,433 76
Business professional 150 150 157 0
Business and administration associate professionals 850 749 955 101
Accountants and auditors 150 148 188 2
Accounting associate professionals 77 77 122 0
Engineers and related professionals 400 399 733 1
Architects, planners and surveyors 57 57 104 0
Engineer associate professionals 185 185 387 0
Information science professionals 150 141 98 9

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependants
News editors and journalists 3 3 6 0
Medical doctors 2 2 6 0
Physical & life science 4 4 6 0
Nurses and midwives 30 30 70 0
Other medical professionals 23 22 42 1
Health associate professionals 116 116 195 0
Legal professionals 8 8 9 0
Legal associate professionals 20 20 27 0
Teaching professionals 12 11 21 1
Educational administrators 14 14 24 0
Other teaching personnel 439 434 815 5
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 61 52 70 9
Life science technicians 0 0 0 0
Physical science technicians 0 0 0 0
Social work professionals 9 8 21 1
Statistical assistants 6 5 6 1
Translators/Interpreters 8 8 9 0
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 17 17 36 0
Customs and Excise Service 21 21 51 0
Fire Services Department 35 35 61 0
Immigration Service 18 18 38 0
Operational Department, ICAC 11 11 28 0
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 133 126 233 7
Garrison (Army) 19 18 39 1
Garrison (Navy) 20 16 41 4
Entrepreneurs 59 50 78 9
Sensitive Service 146 141 240 5

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
April—June 1993
General occupation
Managers and administrators 2,683 2,659 3,983 24
Business professional 103 96 101 7
Business and administration associated professionals 969 945 1,001 24
Accountants and auditors 120 112 169 8
Accounting associate professionals 60 60 90 0
Engineers and related professionals 421 408 657 13
Architects, planners and surveyors 25 16 35 9
Engineering associate professionals 199 198 404 1
Information science professionals 222 215 188 7
News editors and journalists 12 0 4 12
Medical doctors 8 5 34 3
Physical & life science 3 2 5 1
Nurses and midwives 66 66 149 0
Other medical professionals 7 5 12 2
Health associate professionals 94 93 134 1
Legal professionals 11 4 21 7
Legal associate professionals 11 11 15 0
Teaching professionals 28 26 51 2
Educational adminstrators 14 14 23 0
Other teaching personnel 505 504 878 1
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 33 33 27 0
Life science technicians 7 7 16 0
Physical science technicians 5 5 11 0
Social work professionals 19 18 34 1
Statistical assistants 2 2 9 0
Translators/Interpreters 13 4 6 9
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 9 9 33 0

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
Customs and Excise Service 13 13 40 0
Fire Services Department 28 28 80 0
Immigration Service 17 16 36 1
Operation Department, ICAC 5 5 17 0
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 0 0 0 0
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 28 18 89 10
Garrison (Army) 6 6 20 0
Garrison (Navy) 2 2 9 0
Entrepreneurs 15 15 22 0
Sensitive Service 64 50 119 14

Class Decided Principal beneficiaries Granted Refused Principal beneficiaries
Principal beneficiaries Dependents
Cumulative total up to 30 June 1993
General occupational
Managers and administrators 10,455 9,101 13,500 1,354
Business professionals 1,558 790 973 768
Business and administration associate professionals 5,014 2,727 3,641 2,287
Accountants and auditors 3,360 997 1,652 2,363
Accounting associate professionals 1,118 230 361 888
Engineers and related professionals 4,434 1,499 2,816 2,935
Architects, planners and surveyors 1,334 403 733 931
Engineering associate professionals 3,643 805 1,679 2,838
Information science professionals 2,536 1,565 1,646 971
News editors and journalists 431 138 210 293
Medical doctors 1,605 425 938 1,180
Physical & life science 235 36 61 199
Nurses and midwives 2,104 1,242 2,309 862
Other medical professionals 450 120 202 330
Health associate professionals 909 427 774 482
Legal professionals 1,108 178 311 930
Legal associate professionals 391 67 98 324
Teaching professionals 593 298 492 295
Educational administrators 671 183 366 488
Other teaching personnel 3,576 1,661 3,050 1,915
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 189 130 193 59
Life science technicians 43 25 47 18
Physical science technicians 114 22 45 92
Social work professionals 517 99 202 418
Statistical assistants 124 47 92 77
Translators/Interpreters 266 40 68 226
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 868 788 1,614 80
Customs and Excise Service 493 389 810 104
Fire Services Department 1,210 940 2,058 270
Immigration Service 943 426 721 517
Operation Department, ICAC 181 76 184 105
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 13 10 22 3
Royal Hong Kong Police Force 3,118 3,083 5,758 35
Garrison (Army) 599 149 370 450
Garrison (Navy) 83 39 93 44
Entrepreneurs 193 143 199 45
Sensitive Service 2,258 2,071 3,817 187

Applications withdrawn up to 30 June 1993
Class Principal beneficiaries
General occupational
Managers and administrators 421
Business professionals 29
Class Principal beneficiaries
Business and administration associate professionals 137
Accountants and auditors 38
Accounting associate professionals 10
Engineers and related professionals 71
Architects, planners and surveyors 10
Class Principal beneficiaries
Engineering associate professionals 49
Information science professionals 102
News editors and journalists 9
Medical doctors 10
Physical and life science 1
Nurses and midwives 53
Other medical professionals 7
Health associate professionals 28
Legal professionals 1
Legal associate professionals 3
Teaching professionals 15
Educational administrators 10
Other teaching personnel 98
Approved occupations
Computing equipment controllers 8
Life science technicians 0
Physical science technicians 1
Social work professionals 2
Statistical assistants 4
Translators-Interpreters 4
Disciplined Services
Correctional Services Department 25
Customs and Excise Service 4
Fire Services Department 30
Immigration Service 8
Operation Department, ICAC 1
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 0

DNA tests on children under the Government scheme, results received and outcomes 1991–92
Number of children
Country/post where application made Number of tests carried out Tests offered but not taken Number awaiting results at end of period Number of results received Related as claimed to both parents Outcomes Related as claimed to one parent but not other Not related as claimed to either parent
1992
Indian sub-continent1
Bangladesh (Dhaka) 1,043 8 465 889 741 64 84
Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi) 2578 98 389 429 348 49 32
India (Bombay, New Delhi) 19 1 38 9 9
Outside of Indian sub-continent
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ghana (Accra) 18 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nigeria (Lagos) 20 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Philippines (Manilla) 25 .. .. .. .. .. ..
United Arab Emirates (Dubai) 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Yemen (Sana'a) 2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Zambia (Lusaka) 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1993 Quarter 1
Indian sub-continent1
Bangladeshi (Dhaka) 253 4 435 283 249 11 23
Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi) 2151 4 426 110 97 8 5
India (Bombay, New Delhi) 6 41 3 3
Outside of Indian sub-continent3
1 Four tests were carried out in Calcutta in 1992. There have been no tests in Madras.
2 Statistics for tests in Pakistan are mainly for Islamabad: There were six tests carried out in Karachi in 1992 and a further four tests there in the first quarter of 1993.
3 There were no DNA tests carried out outside the ISC in the first quarter of 1993.
.. not available.
— nil.