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577580

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many test centres there are in England for citizenship applicants to take the (a) life in the UK and (b) English language test.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>In England there are currently (a) 35 Life in the UK centres and (b)17 English Language Test Centres.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2016 16:07:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

536701

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 review the provision of test centres for citizenship applications; and if she will investigate the potential for increased use of digital technology for such applications from remote areas of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	42883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The networks of test centres in place for the Life in the UK test and the Secure English Language Test (SELT) are subject to continuous review. Provision is linked to demand. There are currently no plans to deliver tests outside of the approved networks.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/07/2016 10:36:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

533051

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether ministers plan to meet Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa prior to the decision of the International Monetary Fund on whether Zimbabwe should be re-admitted to the global financial system.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>British Ministers and officials have met <ins class="ministerial">Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Patrick </ins>Chinamasa in recent months, including the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, my Hon Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (Nick Hurd), in May and the Minister for Africa, my Hon Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge), in July. In these meetings, Ministers emphasised to <ins class="ministerial">Minister </ins>Chinamasa the importance of urgent economic and political reforms in Zimbabwe if there is to be further progress on re-engagement with the International Financial Institutions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/07/2016 14:58:05 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2016 13:04:35 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns previous answer version 6889 answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

530745

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendation in the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report <i>Current and future uses of biometric data and technologies</i> (6th Report, Session 2014–15) that a comprehensive, cross-departmental forensics and biometrics strategy be published no later than December 2015, why such a strategy has not yet been published.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Biometrics Strategy is in its final stages of completion and we expect to publish it in due course. The Forensic Science Strategy was published on 11 March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/07/2016 12:29:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

517606

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April (HL7517), what is the timescale for the forthcoming review of British nationality law; and whether that review, and subsequent changes to citizenship legislation, will include the position of those of British Overseas Territories descent born before 1 July 2006 whose unmarried fathers automatically gained full British citizenship under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL8199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The review of citizenship will look at how citizenship should be obtained in the future, both within the UK and the overseas territories. The overseas territories will be consulted as part of that review, and will have the opportunity to provide their views on a number of citizenship matters. The date for this consultation has not been finalised and details will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 13:05:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

516558

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 April (HL7592), notwithstanding the British Nationality Act 1981, on what basis they are continuing to grant British citizenship to EU migrants who already possess citizenship of another EU member state.
tabling member printed	Baroness Buscombe
uin	HL8070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>British Nationality legislation is set out in the British Nationality Act 1981, and so decisions to grant or refuse citizenship must be made in accordance with that legislation. The 1981 Act does not differentiate between nationals of EU and non-EU countries: citizenship is granted where a person fulfils the statutory requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/05/2016 13:50:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe

513975

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who applied for UK citizenship in the year ending June 2015 (a) applied for exemption from the language requirements and (b) were granted such an exemption.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	34572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State may waive the Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK requirement for British citizenship on the basis of a person’s age, physical or mental condition.</p><p>A person will normally be exempted from this requirement if they provide evidence from an appropriate medical practitioner that their condition is so severe that it prevents them from being able to learn English or prepare for or sit an English test or the Life in the UK test. Each application is considered on its own merits.</p><p>Information cannot be obtained from UKVI data systems to show how many exemption requests were made and granted. This information could only be obtained from looking at individual records at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 34573 34574 34576 34602 question first answered 25/04/2016 13:46:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

513976

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems in the system for testing applicants for UK citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	34573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State may waive the Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK requirement for British citizenship on the basis of a person’s age, physical or mental condition.</p><p>A person will normally be exempted from this requirement if they provide evidence from an appropriate medical practitioner that their condition is so severe that it prevents them from being able to learn English or prepare for or sit an English test or the Life in the UK test. Each application is considered on its own merits.</p><p>Information cannot be obtained from UKVI data systems to show how many exemption requests were made and granted. This information could only be obtained from looking at individual records at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 34572 34574 34576 34602 question first answered 25/04/2016 13:46:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

514086

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for people on the high end of the autistic spectrum with speech and language difficulties; or who are non-verbal, in the system for application for UK citizenship; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	34574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State may waive the Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK requirement for British citizenship on the basis of a person’s age, physical or mental condition.</p><p>A person will normally be exempted from this requirement if they provide evidence from an appropriate medical practitioner that their condition is so severe that it prevents them from being able to learn English or prepare for or sit an English test or the Life in the UK test. Each application is considered on its own merits.</p><p>Information cannot be obtained from UKVI data systems to show how many exemption requests were made and granted. This information could only be obtained from looking at individual records at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 34572 34573 34576 34602 question first answered 25/04/2016 13:46:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

511550

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their rationale for continuing to offer British Citizenship to EU migrants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Buscombe
uin	HL7592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The requirements for naturalisation are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 and include a period of lawful residence, settled status, good character, and knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom. These apply equally to EEA and non-EEA nationals.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/04/2016 11:57:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe