British Nationality: Assessments

(asked on 3rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants (a) took and (b) failed the Life in the UK test in each year since its introduction.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 13th November 2017

This information is published quarterly here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data

On the tab: Temporary and Permanent Migration Data

In summary:

Calendar Year

Total Tests Taken

Total Tests Failed

2005

7,398

2,149

2006

155,879

50,476

2007

308,126

93,421

2008

248,934

70,109

2009

198,656

50,820

2010

183,562

48,919

2011

179,849

41,205

2012

151,036

22,327

2013

152,457

35,332

2014

165,738

64,780

2015

174,923

68,393

2016

133,490

47,312

2017 *

65,946

21,563

* 2017 up to 30 June in line with published data.

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