British Citizenship (Hansard, 20 November 1996)

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria he uses in determining the suitability or otherwise of applicants for British citizenship. [4718]

§ Mr. Kirkhope
The criterion applied is whether the applicant meets the statutory requirements of the British Nationality Act 1981 relevant to his or her application.

§ Mr. Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what official publications inform applicants of the criteria that will be used when determining British citizenship applications. [4717]

§ Mr. Kirkhope
The requirements for British citizenship are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 and in a number of information leaflets, copies of which are in the Library.

§ Mr. Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many refusals of applications for British citizenship he has determined since 1992. [4738]

§ Mr. Kirkhope
Since 1 January 1992, 32,272 applications for British citizenship have been refused.