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Mr. Tebbit
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation were received in 1975, 1976, 1977 and to the latest available date in 1978, respectively; how many were granted and how many
| 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 (to end of October | |
| Number of new applications received* | 4,259 | 3,827 | 3,808 | 5,275 |
| Number of applications granted | 3,442 | 2,551 | 2,646 | 1,316 |
| Number of applications refused | 477 | 450 | 343 | 184 |
| Reasons for refusal†— | ||||
| (a) Failure to meet statutory residential requirements etc. | 227 | 191 | 136 | 67 |
| (b) Failure to meet requirements as to character (criminal record, bankruptcy, insolvency, dubious business or other record, deception, etc.) | 68 | 126 | 81 | 54 |
| (c) Failure to meet language requirements | 51 | 49 | 43 | 19 |
| (d) Failure to meet requirements as to future residential intentions | 75 | 112 | 88 | 41 |
| (e) Other reasons | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| *Excludes applications re-opened after earlier postponement of the decision for one or two years. | ||||
| †An application may be refused for more than one reason. The number of people refused in any one year will therefore not necessarily agree with the total of reasons for that year. | ||||