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British Nationality

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 18 March 2025UIN 37112

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens gave up their citizenship in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office publishes information on British Citizenship in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), including annual figures on granted and refused renunciations of British nationality (see Table Cit_05 of the Citizenship data tables).

Information is available up to 2023. Data for 2024 is due to be published in May 2025. Details on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

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