§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1982 the number of children or minors born abroad and having as a parent a British citizen whom he or his predecessors have(a) registered or (b) refused to register as British citizens under section 3(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981. [8245]
§ Mr. KirkhopeRecords of the nationality of the parents of minors who apply for British citizenship or the number of applications under section 3(1) which are refused are not kept. The number of applications granted where the applicant was born abroad is as follows:
- 1983: 2,033
- 1984: 8,462
- 1985: 10,145
- 1986: 8,527
- 1987: 8,533
- 1988: 6,060
- 1989: 10,797
- 1990: 8,588
- 1991: 9,471
- 1992: 7,800
- 1993: 7,737
- 1994: 7,232
- 1995: 6,610