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date	11/02/2020
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had a (a) passport and (b) UK citizenship withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>(a) The Secretary of State publishes the number of passports withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative in the annual Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. The last Transparency Report was published in July 2018. A link to that report can be found here;</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727961/CCS207_CCS0418538240-1_Transparency_Report_2018_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727961/CCS207_CCS0418538240-1_Transparency_Report_2018_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p>(b) Citizenship is not withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative, it is the British Nationality Act 1981 that provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status under the circumstances set out at sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the Act.</p><p>Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so.</p><p>Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, which have included figures for section 40(2) deprivations. Figures from May 2010 to December 2014 are included in the 2015 report, from January to December 2015 in the 2017 report and January 2016 to December 2017 in the 2018 report. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/02/2020 17:16:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to work with (a) civil society, (b) the Electoral Commission and (c) the charity commission to explore what non-legislative steps could strengthen civil society’s confidence in speaking out.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy sets out our vision for the government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. The Strategy recognised the need for the government to work with civil society, the Electoral Commission, and the Charity Commission to develop non-legislative steps to increase the confidence in civil society to speak out.</p><p> </p><p>In September, the Electoral Commission released new guidance to clarify rules on charity campaigning spending in the lead up to unscheduled general elections so they could campaign with confidence all year round.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission developed this guidance following engagement with charities, the Charity Commission and government. The new guidance has been welcomed by charities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/10/2019 17:54:38 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft