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British Nationality: Ceremonies

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 103153

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of people who have successfully applied to be a British citizen but have not attended their British citizenship ceremony in each of t

Answered by Mike Tapp

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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