HC Deb 11 July 2000 vol 353 c533W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for UK citizenship in each year since 1990 were turned down because they had an inadequate grasp of English. [129614]

Mrs. Roche

Information is not available in the form requested for the years 1990–94.

The number of applications refused for an insufficient knowledge of English between 1995 and June 2000 (the latest month for which information is available) are shown in the table.

Year Total
1995 23
1996 27
1997 46
1998 53
1999 27
20001 12
1As of 30 June

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