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Written question asked by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 9 October 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 October 2017. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Monday, 23 October 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.

British Nationality: Assessments

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many attempts to sit the Life in the UK citizenship test have been made in each month since 1 January 2010.

Answer

This information is published quarterly here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data

On the tab: Temporary and Permanent Migration Data

The monthly breakdown is as follows (in line with the most recent published data).

Test Attempts : Life in the UK Test by Year and Month

1st January 2010 to 30th June 2017

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2010

12,971

14,828

17,768

15,746

15,538

15,655

15,762

14,451

14,819

16,408

16,133

13,483

2011

16,304

17,588

21,574

16,826

16,529

15,543

13,848

12,656

12,836

13,331

13,112

10,687

2012

13,284

13,562

15,774

11,231

11,896

12,227

12,868

14,613

14,052

12,316

11,347

8,686

2013

11,100

15,737

23,011

7,426

8,691

10,249

10,443

12,267

15,324

17,360

11,886

8,963

2014

13,525

12,958

16,561

14,403

15,483

14,673

13,781

14,139

11,753

13,337

13,440

11,686

2015

14,317

13,732

15,439

14,588

15,530

14,904

14,796

14,845

17,285

17,760

12,089

9,896

2016

10,792

11,757

14,350

13,076

10,653

10,291

12,002

11,971

10,540

8,554

10,637

8,881

2017

9,679

11,189

14,155

11,329

10,337

9,257

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1793
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Assessments British nationality
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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