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746745

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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 the Government's policy is on revoking citizenship for UK citizens who join foreign armies and engage in military or terrorist actions against the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Section 40 of the British Nationality Act (BNA) 1981 provides for the deprivation of British citizenship where the Secretary of State is satisfied it is conducive to the public good and would not make an individual stateless. The Immigration Act 2014 introduced a new power allowing deprivation of a naturalised British citizen where they have conducted themselves in a manner which is seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK and where the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is able, under the law of another country or territory outside the UK, to become a national of that country or territory.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/07/2017 08:29:41 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

722522

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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 the average cost to her Department was of administering applications for (a) naturalisation (b) registration to become a British citizen in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	71318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The estimated average cost of processing nationality naturalisation and registration applications in each year since 2015 is detailed within the appropriate publications below:</p><p> </p><p>Naturalisation</p><p>2015/16</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/768/pdfs/uksiem_20150768_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/768/pdfs/uksiem_20150768_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2016/17</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503759/2016_Unit_Costs_Table.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503759/2016_Unit_Costs_Table.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2017/18</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Registration</p><p>2015/16</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/768/pdfs/uksiem_20150768_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/768/pdfs/uksiem_20150768_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/04/2017 12:26:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

722523

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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 applications for naturalisation to become a British citizen were (a) rejected on the grounds that the applicant was made bankrupt within 10 years of making the application and (b) accepted despite the applicant being bankrupt within 10 years of making the application in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	71319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>No statistical information is available showing how many applications for British citizenship have been rejected or accepted where the applicant had been made bankrupt.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/04/2017 13:45:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

722133

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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 were deprived of UK citizenship for actions seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK in each of the three years since the Immigration Act 2014 has come into force.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	71102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Except where someone has fraudulently obtained British citizenship, deprivation of citizenship is only pursued against dual nationals where the Home Secretary is satisfied that the statutory test that deprivation of citizenship would be “conducive to the public good”, is met. To date, deprivation of citizenship on conducive grounds has been focused on protecting the UK from those involved in terrorism, unacceptable extremist behaviour, espionage or serious organised crime.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/04/2017 13:38:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

678083

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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, on how many occasions the Government has removed British protected person status, where that person's nationality or citizenship has not been previously established, in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	61383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but this information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/01/2017 14:20:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

678091

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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 the Government's policy is on removing British protected person status where to do so would result in a person becoming stateless.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	61352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The principle of that Convention is that statelessness should be avoided. It seeks to prevent statelessness by prohibiting the withdrawal of citizenship from the nationals of a state when doing so would result in them becoming stateless. British nationality legislation reflects this position and therefore only makes provision for British Protected Person status to be lost automatically where a person has another nationality. It can also be removed where deprivation of citizenship would be conducive to the public good and the individual would not become stateless as a result, or if the person had obtained the status through deception.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/01/2017 09:53:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

657760

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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 Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April (HL7517) and 4 May (HL8199), prior to 1 July 2006, how many citizenship by descent applications were denied to individuals of British Overseas Territories descent wishing to register as British Overseas Territories citizens, where the reason for the denial was that the applicant was born to an unmarried father who at the time of the applicant’s birth held British Dependent Territories citizenship and who then automatically gained full British citizenship under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but we do not have this information. These cases are decided in individual overseas territories, and information on refusals is not readily available. To obtain these figures would require each territory to go through individual records and so would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/01/2017 13:13:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

642883

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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 Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April and 10 May (HL7517 and HL8199), what progress has been made on the review of British nationality law and citizenship; whether the date for the consultation has now been finalised; and if so, when the details will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The review of citizenship is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/12/2016 15:35:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

625816

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 Supreme Court judgement <i>R (on the application of Johnson) v the Secretary of State for the Home Department</i>, on 19 October on the matter of the granting of British citizenship, (1) when the Home Office website and other materials will be changed to reflect the decision, (2) when all consulates and embassies will be notified of changes to policy and practice resulting from the decision, and (3) when the Home Office will change the Form UKM and Form UKF application forms to reflect the decision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the implications of the 19 October Supreme Court judgment in Johnson. Applications under routes to citizenship identified in the judgment have been put on hold where the good character requirement would be the sole basis for refusal. The Home Office intends to publish information on the Home Office immigration website as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/11/2016 12:33:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

604906

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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 make it her policy to review the rule preventing those who have acquired British nationality by descent under Section 2(1)(a) of the British Nationality Act 1981 from passing on citizenship to their children by descent in circumstances where their parents were on short-term secondment abroad at the time of their birth other than on Crown Service.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	49207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Children who are born overseas to British citizens by descent and do not acquire British citizenship automatically are able to apply for registration as a citizen where the family can demonstrate a close connection with the UK.</p><p>The child of a British citizen is also able to enter the UK under the Immigration Rules as the child of a settled parent.</p><p>There are no plans to change the law in this respect at the current time.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/10/2016 16:37:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox