British Nationality: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what revenue has the Exchequer received from child citizenship applications since the fee waiver was introduced.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/9/pdfs/ukia_20250009_en.pdf) which sets out an estimate of the proposed fee changes, were they to increase to the level of the new fee maxima. A full impact assessment will be published alongside any increase to fee levels in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018.
Fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review. Any changes to fee levels can only be made through an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations with the approval of Parliament.
The Home Office publishes data on the number of fee waiver requests for child registration applications that have been submitted, accepted and rejected. The latest data can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2024.
The Home Office does not hold specific data on the amount of revenue received from child citizenship applications.
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