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British Nationality

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizenship ceremonies have been conducted in each region in England in the last five years. (268382)

The available data regarding persons attending a British citizenship ceremony for 2005, 2006 and 2007 by English Government region are given in the following table. Data for 2008 are scheduled for publication in May 2009.

Statistics on persons attending a British citizenship ceremony by region of the United Kingdom and authority are published in table 8 of the Home Office statistical bulletin “Persons Granted British Citizenship United Kingdom”. This publication may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office research, development and statistics website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html

Persons attending a British citizenship ceremony by English Government office region, 2005-07

Ceremony attended1, 2

English Government office region

2005

2006

20073

North East

1,310

1,420

1,705

North West

6,120

6,345

6,770

Yorkshire and the Humber

4,630

4,790

4,850

East Midlands

4,635

4,625

4,925

West Midlands

7,030

7,775

7,595

East of England

7,000

6,715

7,975

South East

12,030

12,145

14,640

South West

2,985

2,810

3,875

Greater London

63,045

56,995

61,690

Total (England)

108,780

103,615

114,025

1 A ceremony organised by county or local authorities for successful applicants over 18 years of age as the final stage in the process of attaining British citizenship.

2 Data are rounded to the nearest five so may not sum to the totals.

3 Provisional data.