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Naturalisation

Volume 436: debated on Thursday 24 April 1947

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation from persons resident in Scotland and England, respectively, were made to his Department since July, 1945; how many of these were granted; and how many now remain to be dealt with.

Separate figures for England and Scotland are not available. The following are the figures for the whole of Great Britain:

Applications for naturalization outstanding on 31st July, 1945, owing to suspension of naturalisation during the war15,700
Applications received since, to 19th April, 194721,982
37,682
Certificates of naturalisation issued since 31st July, 1945.
Between 31st July and 31st December, 1945178
During 19464,431
Between 1st January and 19th April, 19474,613
9,222
Applications otherwise disposed of (refusal, deaths, etc.)964
Total10,186
Outstanding27,496