Freedom of Information

Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will place in the Library of the House the response of the deputy chief caseworker of the Home Office Nationality Group to Tameem Abdulhusein Ebrahim's request for information about the technical difficulties surrounding the processing of applications for British citizenship from Hong Kong (ref: FOI 5108/5202, 6 December 2006); whether since the new system went live on 9 December 2006 the backlog of applications outstanding since February 2006 has been cleared; and, if not, when they expect the backlog will be cleared. [HL1699]

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
A copy of the letter from the deputy chief caseworker will be placed in the Library of the House. I can confirm that the outstanding applications have been cleared.