British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for British nationality through naturalisation were made in each of the last three years. (322988)

The following table provides the number of naturalisation applications that were made in the last three years.

The information has been provided from local management information and is not a National Statistic. As such, it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which British nationality application forms may be requested over the telephone. (322989)

Of the 16 application forms used for British nationality only forms AN and MN1 may currently be requested by telephone. The others are available by downloading from the UK Border Agency website.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications by children for British nationality were made in each of the last three years. (322990)

The following table provides the current number of children applying for British nationality made in the last three years.

The information has been provided from local management information and is not a National Statistic. As such, it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people requested nationality application forms by telephone in each of the last three years. (322991)

There are no records of the number of people requesting nationality application forms by telephone. The number of calls answered in response to requests for application forms were:

The information has been provided from local management information and is not National Statistic. As such, it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the decision was taken not to supply hard copies of British nationality application forms AN and MN1 and related guidance notes to people requesting them on the telephone; and what the reasons were for the decision. (322993)

The decision not to continue to supply hard copies of nationality forms AN and MN1 was taken on 12 February 2010. Most nationality forms are already available only by downloading from the UK Border Agency website and work is underway towards online application. Most applications are already made on forms accessed from the website. Discontinuing the supply of hardcopy forms AN and MN1 will save the agency in excess of £500,000 per annum.