Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 July 2000. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 July 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for UK citizenship in each year since 1990 were turned down because they had an inadequate grasp of English. - Inc table and fact that information is not available in form requested for the years 1990-94.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for UK citizenship in each year since 1990 were turned down because they had an inadequate grasp of English. [129614] Mrs. Roche: Information is not available in the form requested for the years 1990-94. The number of applications refused for an insufficient knowledge of English between 1995 and June 2000 (the latest month for which information is available) are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Total 1995 23 1996 27 1997 46 1998 53 1999 27 2000{1} 12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} As of 30 June

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