§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the backlog is of applications for nationality. [88567]
§ Beverley HughesI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 10 December 2002,Official Report, column 237W, which stated that information on the number of cases outstanding was not available.
This is because information on the number of applications for nationality outstanding is not routinely published.