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British Nationality

Asked by John McDonnellLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 34766

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential psychological impact of the updated good character guidance on (a) people in the asylum system and (b) people with leave to remain.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The assessment of good character has been part of the citizenship process since the British Nationality Act 1981, but each individual continues to have their application considered on a case by case basis, taking these individual circumstances into account.

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