British Nationality: Assessments Mr. Clappison To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of people (a) applying for citizenship and (b) applying for settlement passed the Knowledge of Life Test in each quarter since its inception. Mr. Woolas The figures requested by the hon. Member are as follows. These figures do not constitute part of National Statistics as they are based on internal management information. The information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, should be treated as provisional and is subject to change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Passes|Pass rate (percentage)|Passes|Pass rate (percentage)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |4th quarter 2005 (from 1 November)|5,249 |71.0 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1st quarter 2006 |20,755|69.4 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2nd quarter 2006 |24,537|68.1 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |3rd quarter 2006 |29,708|67.4 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |4th quarter 2006 |30,402|66.2 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1st quarter 2007 |54,725|70.1 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2nd quarter 2007 |44,237|64.8 |26,898|76.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |3rd quarter 2007 |26,130|65.7 |23,332|74.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |4th quarter 2007 |19,364|68.4 |18,561|76.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1st quarter 2008 |29,446|70.2 |24,004|76.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2nd quarter 2008 |24,921|68.9 |23,356|75.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |3rd quarter 2008 |17,247|66.2 |22,311|74.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |4th quarter 2008 |14,974|68.7 |20,911|76.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1st quarter 2009 |18,227|70.2 |24,307|77.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2nd quarter 2009 |13,796|69.1 |22,963|78.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |3rd quarter 2009 (to 31 August) |9,506 |72.2 |14,083|78.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------