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	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the requirement to attend a citizenship ceremony during the outbreak of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	4056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The citizenship ceremony is an important part of becoming a British citizen. Citizenship ceremonies have now resumed with reduced capacity due to social distancing measures in line with government guidelines. Local Authorities are also conducting virtual ceremonies where possible.</p><p>The usual deadline for a person to attend a ceremony within three months of their application being approved has been extended to six months. Advice regarding COVID-19 impacts on Citizenship ceremonies is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/citizenship-ceremonies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/citizenship-ceremonies</a>.</p><p>There is discretion to waive the requirements to make the oath and pledge and attend a ceremony in the special circumstances of an individual case.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:47:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1316361

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of citizenship ceremonies that have been delayed in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Stockport constituency since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	4057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Over 206 local authorities across the UK are responsible for planning and conducting Citizenship ceremonies within each local authority area.</p><p>Information is not held by the Home Office on the number of ceremonies which have been scheduled or completed by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:49:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1316362

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of increases in the waiting time for citizenship ceremonies on applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	4058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The usual deadline for a person to attend a ceremony within three months of their application being approved has been extended to six months. The majority of those applying for British citizenship (naturalisation applicants) will be settled in the UK, and so already able to access public services on this basis.</p><p>In addition, there is discretion to waive the requirements to make the oath, pledge and to attend a ceremony in the special circumstances where a person needs to acquire citizenship quickly for a compelling reason.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:49:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra