To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements have been made by the Government to evaluate the testing arrangements for new citizens through the Life in the UK test. (210021)

We are currently considering the most appropriate way to assess the arrangements for migrants to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of life in the UK and of the language with citizenship courses that new citizens with less developed language skills are encouraged to undertake. We attach great importance to these policies and want to take the time to ensure that they are properly evaluated.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much revenue was received from people taking the Life in the UK test in each year since its introduction. (210469)

[holding answer 12 June 2008]: Candidates taking the Life in the UK test pay a fee of £34. This is calculated on a cost recovery basis and is not therefore designed to generate revenue for the Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of applicants have failed the Life in the UK test at least once in each of the last three years; and how many times on average an applicant took the Life in the UK test before passing in each year. (210470)

[holding answer 12 June 2008]: Applicants may take the test as many times as they wish. We do not routinely collect information on the number of times a person goes through the system and this information would be available only at a disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward plans to review the Life in the UK test. (210590)

[holding answer 12 June 2008]: We are currently considering the most appropriate way to assess the arrangements for migrants to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of life in the UK and of the language with citizenship courses that new citizens with less developed language skills are encouraged to undertake. We attach great importance to these policies and want to take the time to ensure that they are properly evaluated.