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The available statistics are given in the following table. It is not possible to identify separately grants of British citizenship made to migrants as opposed to those that are UK born within the published data.The number of applications for and grants of British citizenship has risen significantly since the mid-1990s. This increase is likely, in part, to reflect increased grants of settlement over the same period to non-European economic area nationals—after a period of residence those granted settlement become eligible to apply for citizenship.The latest Home Office immigration statistics on persons granted British citizenship, from which the data in this reply are derived, are given in table 'cz.02' of the statistical release 'Immigration Statistics July-September 2011'. This publication is available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science web site at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q3-2011/"<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>British citizenship grants by general category</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>All grants</TD><TD>Naturalisation based on residence</TD><TD>Naturalisation based on marriage</TD><TD>Registration of minor children related to a British citizen on a discretionary basis</TD><TD>Registration on other grounds</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>90,282</TD><TD>39,498</TD><TD>28,618</TD><TD>21,239</TD><TD>927</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>120,121</TD><TD>57,595</TD><TD>34,414</TD><TD>26,319</TD><TD>1,793</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>130,535</TD><TD>54,967</TD><TD>36,757</TD><TD>35,344</TD><TD>3,467</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>148,273</TD><TD>64,103</TD><TD>40,406</TD><TD>38,415</TD><TD>5,349</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>161,699</TD><TD>77,334</TD><TD>34,496</TD><TD>41,641</TD><TD>8,228</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>154,018</TD><TD>77,080</TD><TD>27,587</TD><TD>42,447</TD><TD>6,904</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>164,637</TD><TD>87,785</TD><TD>30,423</TD><TD>40,534</TD><TD>5,895</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>129,377</TD><TD>65,713</TD><TD>29,075</TD><TD>30,832</TD><TD>3,757</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009</TD><TD>203,789</TD><TD>99,474</TD><TD>52,627</TD><TD>47,814</TD><TD>3,874</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010</TD><TD>195,046</TD><TD>93,681</TD><TD>47,028</TD><TD>48,611</TD><TD>5,726</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Notes:</td></TR><TR><td>1. Data for 2010 are provisional figures.</td></TR><TR><td>2. Data presented relate to number of persons. Cases dealt with in the United Kingdom.</td></TR><TR><td>3. Grants: A positive outcome of an application for British citizenship prior to attending a citizenship ceremony by applicants over 18 years of age.</td></TR><TR><td>4. 'Decisions taken to grant' from November 2001 include grants of British citizenship in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.</td></TR><TR><td>5. Marriage includes civil partnership introduced from 5 December 2005.</td></TR><TR><td>6. Minor children: children under 18 years of age.</td></TR><TR><td>7. Other includes British Overseas Territories citizens from Gibraltar registered as British citizens under s.5 of the British Nationality Act 1981.</td></TR><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Home Office, Migration Statistics.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |