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<p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to
deprive a person of citizenship status only under the circumstances set out at sections
40(2) (if deemed to be conducive to the public good) and 40(3) (citizenship was obtained
by means of fraud, false representation, or concealment of material fact) of the Act.</p><p>Details
on the numbers of conducive deprivation orders made under Section 40(2) of the Act,
are published in the Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory
Powers. Seven reports have been published to date providing the number of deprivations
of citizenship orders made up until the end of 2022 and are all published online.
The latest can be found at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-disruptive-powers-report-2022"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-disruptive-powers-report-2022</a></p><p>Numbers
of Section 40(3) deprivation orders can be found in quarterly published transparency
data at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p>
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