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Mr. Dubs
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was (a) the cost of running the nationality division of the Home Office, (b) the cost of additional inquiries into applications for discretionary registration and naturalisation and (c) the income received from fees for citizenship applications, for each of the following years: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.
Mr. Waddington
The information is as follows:
| Cost of staff and accommodation of the Nationality Division | Other costs of inquiries into applications for discretionary registration and naturalisation. | Income from fees | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1975–76 | 1,203,000 | 386,000 | 215,000 |
| 1976–77 | 1,109,000 | 353,000 | 242,000 |
| 1977–78 | 1,012,000 | 330,000 | 382,000 |
| 1978–79 | 1,197,000 | 234,000 | 539,000 |
| 1979–80 | 1,464,000 | 437,000 | 646,000 |
| 1980–81 | 2,183,000 | 1,170,000 | 1,009,000 |
| 1981–82 | 2,462,000 | 1,001,000 | *1,933,000* |
| * revised from earlier figure of £1,981,000 given to the hon. Member on 5 May 1982.—[Vol. 23, c. 63.] | |||