British Nationality
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people successfully applied for UK citizenship in each of the last five years; how many applications for citizenship in that time have been rejected; and how many people's applications for citizenship are pending.
The published National Statistics of British citizenship grants and refusals, 2009 to 2013, are given in the table below.
| British Citizenship grants and refusals, United Kingdom, 2009 to 2013 | |||||
| Year | Decisions taken to grant | Decisions taken to refuse or withdraw | |||
| 2009 | 203,789 | 10,251 | |||
| 2010 | 195,046 | 7,974 | |||
| 2011 | 177,785 | 6,884 | |||
| 2012 | 194,209 | 6,878 | |||
| 2013 | 207,989 | 7,269 | |||
| Source: Home Office, Migration Statistics | |||||
| Immigration Statistics July to September 2014 | |||||
| Tables cz_01 | |||||
The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including grants and refusals of British citizenship, 2000 to 2013, are published in the release Immigration Statistics July – September 2014, table cz_01 (Citizenship tables), which is
available from the Library of the House and on the Department’s website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
As at 30 September 2014, a total of 40,620 applications for British citizenship were awaiting despatch, either work in progress or outstanding not input.
The latest UK Visas and Immigration management information, including cases that are work in progress or outstanding not input, are published in the release Transparency data, Temporary and permanent migration data: November
2014, table InC4 which is available on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2014