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British Nationality: Children

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 23 May 2025UIN 53171

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of only charging administrative costs for child citizenship applications.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

No such estimate has been made. However, fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review, and this includes consideration of the financial impacts that may arise were fee levels to be changed.

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