asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current number of civil servants employed in the nationality division of his Department, giving comparable figures for the previous three years.

Following is the information:

STAFF IN POST ON 1 NOVEMBER
1976	200
1977	186
1978	190
1979	194

The 1976 figure includes staff who had been added temporarily to the division to consider applications for registration as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies from nationals of Pakistan under the provisions of the Pakistan Act 1973.