Home Department written question – answered at on 24 October 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation as a British citizen since 2001 have been processed within (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) two years and (d) three years; and how many are outstanding after three years.
Information is only available from April 2002. The number of cases decided within the specified timescales is as follows:
During 2004–05, 53 per cent. of new applications were decided within three months of receipt, 75 per cent. within six months and 97 per cent. within 12 months.
580 applications are outstanding after three years.
Decided within: | ||||
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Six months | 12 months | 24 months | 36 months | |
2002–03 | 69,331 | 52,530 | 18,005 | 634 |
2003–04 | 97,921 | 26,935 | 15,403 | 142 |
2004–05 | 115,836 | 22,303 | 1,288 | 0 |
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