British Nationality

(asked on 1st February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their British citizenship removed under (a) section 40, Subsection 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 since 4 November 2015 and (b) section 40, subsection (i) 2 and (ii) 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the past two years.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 6th February 2018

The Government publishes statistics relating to deprivation of citizenship under section 40 subsection (4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and section 40 subsection (2) on an annual basis. The figure for January 2015 to December 2015 can be found in the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers, published in February 2017:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf

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