Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registrations for British citizenship for children at a fee of £1,012 they anticipate processing in 2018–19; and how much they estimate (1) they will generate in revenue from such registrations, and (2) this will cost to process.

The Home Office does not publish estimated forecast volumes for border, immigration and citizenship applications by category.

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publish historic statistical information which can be found via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/how-many-people-continue-their-stay-in-the-uk

In 2017 ONS statistics show 28,628 grants of citizenship for registration of minor children related to a British citizen or on a discretionary basis.

The Home Office publishes a list of Border, Immigration and Citizenship (BIC) application fees and estimated unit costs for 2018/19. The fee and cost to process applications for child registration can be found on page 13 of the following link (see attached document)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691200/Fees_Unit_Cost_Table_-_April_2018.pdf