Fiona Mactaggart:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are made to provide childcare for women with children seeking asylum at the time of their first interview with the authorities. [270207]
Mr. Woolas:
Each UKBA Region has its own arrangements in place to ensure that every effort is made to ensure that children are not present when parents are interviewed about their reasons for seeking asylum. Arrangements can include rescheduling the asylum interview date to accommodate childcare arrangements, or provide childcare provision at or near UKBA premises where this is safe and sensible.
Where suitable alternative arrangements have proved impossible the asylum interview will go ahead with the child present. In these cases, the case owner will offer sufficient breaks and will fully note any disruptions on the interview record.
British Nationality
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been registered as British citizens in each English local authority area since 2005. [261862]
Mr. Woolas:
The available information is shown in Annex A.
The data show the number of registrations as a British citizen. This is broken down by the local authority which was responsible for performing the Citizenship Ceremony for those applicants over 18, who were successful in their application for British citizenship.
We are unable to provide a similar analysis for applicants under 18 years of age and these applications are shown as “Unknown”. This total relates to all areas of the UK and not just England. These are applications from minors who apply direct to the Home Office, not in conjunction with a parental application. Minors are not required to attend Citizenship Ceremonies and consequently the information is not collated by local authority and could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.
The information has been provided from local management information and is not a National Statistic. As such, it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.
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People registered as British citizens by central points 2005-08
Country
Central point
2005
2006
2007
2008
Total
Grand total
41,505
42,055
39,845
29,950
153,355
England
Barking and Dagenham
705
565
520
265
2,055
England
Barnet
980
780
740
475
2,975
England
Barnsley MBC
15
15
15
25
70
England
Bath and North East Somerset
20
25
45
20
110
England
Bedfordshire
195
165
190
85
635
England
Bexley
175
180
160
105
620
England
Birmingham
675
920
1,000
800
3,395
England
Blackburn and Darwen
35
80
55
20
190
England
Blackpool
20
20
60
30
130
England
Bolton
85
95
140
110
430
England
Borough of Sutton (London)
195
200
230
95
720
England
Borough of Telford and Wrekin
15
20
15
25
75
England
Bournemouth
45
45
65
35
190
England
Bracknell Forest
65
75
80
70
290
England
Brent
1,400
1,105
1,125
575
4,205
England
Brighton and Hove
115
110
95
70
390
England
Bristol
170
360
285
300
1,115
England
Bromley
195
220
195
105
715
England
Buckinghamshire
180
195
190
100
665
England
Bury
25
25
60
25
135
England
Calderdale
20
20
25
20
85
England
Cambridgeshire
125
225
250
130
730
England
Camden
410
495
410
245
1,560
England
Cheshire
60
105
85
70
320
England
City of Bradford
90
155
145
140
530
England
City of York
45
25
30
30
130
England
Cornwall
20
35
30
15
100
England
Corporation of the City of London
20
20
20
10
70
England
Coventry
225
345
360
240
1,170
England
Croydon
715
595
660
320
2,290
England
Cumbria
35
10
45
35
125
England
Darlington
5
15
15
15
50
England
Derby City
90
135
110
100
435
England
Derbyshire
25
40
40
25
130
England
Devon
45
40
50
25
160
England
Doncaster
35
65
65
60
225
England
Dorset
30
30
35
25
120
England
Dudley
20
65
85
70
240
England
Durham County Council
30
20
25
15
90
England
Ealing
1,170
985
1,130
580
3,865
England
East Riding of Yorkshire
15
30
35
15
95
England
East Sussex
145
125
140
110
520
England
Enfield
1,275
1,145
855
700
3,975
England
Essex
285
340
370
250
1,245
England
Gateshead
45
55
45
25
170
England
Gloucestershire
85
75
105
75
340
England
Greenwich
575
525
390
280
1,770
England
Hackney
840
760
555
345
2,500
England
Halton
5
5
10
5
25
England
Hammersmith and Fulham
420
465
400
200
1,485
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England
Hampshire
260
30
365
210
865
England
Haringey
1,240
980
720
475
3,415
England
Harrow
990
685
705
335
2,715
England
Hartlepool
5
5
25
5
40
England
Havering
135
155
125
55
470
England
Herefordshire Council
5
10
10
15
40
England
Hertfordshire
500
570
520
310
1,900
England
Hillingdon
500
510
535
260
1,805
England
Hounslow
805
610
775
365
2,555
England
Isle of Man
*
10
5
5
20
England
Isle of Wight
5
10
20
20
55
England
Islington
595
440
405
235
1,675
England
Kensington and Chelsea
355
275
245
125
1,000
England
Kent
355
470
470
270
1,565
England
Kingston-upon-Hull
35
65
60
50
210
England
Kingston upon Thames
245
230
310
130
915
England
Kirklees
75
105
80
100
360
England
Knowsley
5
10
20
15
50
England
Lambeth
805
720
605
380
2,510
England
Lancashire
115
150
145
100
510
England
Leeds City
195
300
375
285
1,155
England
Leicester City
555
510
505
415
1,985
England
Leicestershire
95
130
110
60
395
England
Lewisham
650
510
545
315
2,020
England
Lincolnshire
75
70
75
55
275
England
Liverpool
180
210
280
200
870
England
Luton
255
190
210
150
805
England
Manchester
605
760
695
630
2,690
England
Medway
80
75
100
60
315
England
Merton
410
390
435
195
1,430
England
Middlesbrough Council
30
55
50
35
170
England
Milton Keynes
255
300
285
140
980
England
Newcastle upon Tyne
120
175
180
115
590
England
Newham
1,330
1,095
865
530
3,820
England
Norfolk
95
140
185
115
535
England
Northamptonshire
250
290
265
175
980
England
North East Lincolnshire
25
20
30
15
90
England
North Lincolnshire
15
10
15
20
60
England
North Somerset
20
25
20
15
80
England
North Tyneside
35
50
45
15
145
England
Northumberland
10
30
15
15
70
England
North Yorkshire
55
80
50
35
220
England
Nottingham City
75
160
255
185
675
England
Nottinghamshire County Council
80
85
95
45
305
England
Oldham
75
75
35
55
240
England
Oxfordshire
270
270
340
160
1,040
England
Peterborough
75
90
135
75
375
England
Plymouth
35
35
55
55
180
England
Poole
25
30
40
15
110
England
Portsmouth
55
95
130
75
355
England
Reading
195
205
135
110
645
England
Redbridge
745
590
650
290
2,275
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England
Redcar and Cleveland
10
10
10
5
35
England
Richmond upon Thames
225
180
175
125
705
England
Rochdale
40
50
60
70
220
England
Rotherham
30
50
60
50
190
England
Rutland County Council
*
5
0
0
5
England
Salford
45
95
60
90
290
England
Sandwell
25
155
225
145
550
England
Sefton
20
30
20
15
85
England
Sheffield City
265
370
310
305
1,250
England
Shropshire
15
20
30
20
85
England
Slough
325
250
280
150
1,005
England
Solihull MBC
55
50
55
35
195
England
Somerset
45
35
65
25
170
England
Southampton
85
135
150
90
460
England
Southend-on-Sea
85
65
90
60
300
England
South Gloucestershire
50
65
70
30
215
England
South Tyneside
15
25
15
15
70
England
Southwark
755
630
575
375
2,335
England
Staffordshire
70
60
70
75
275
England
St. Helens
10
15
25
25
75
England
Stockport
75
100
85
45
305
England
Stockton-on-Tees
25
30
40
40
135
England
Stoke-on-Trent
35
70
95
80
280
England
Suffolk
110
130
140
115
495
England
Sunderland
25
70
50
10
155
England
Surrey
505
555
555
305
1,920
England
Swindon
75
100
85
45
305
England
Tameside
30
25
40
35
130
England
Thurrock
110
90
85
45
330
England
Torbay
5
20
10
40
England
Tower Hamlets
275
260
235
175
945
England
Trafford
105
125
165
80
475
England
Wakefield
40
50
65
40
195
England
Walsall
45
65
100
70
280
England
Waltham Forest
735
625
570
340
2,270
England
Wandsworth
540
515
585
365
2,005
England
Warrington
35
35
35
25
130
England
Warwickshire
75
65
80
60
280
England
West Berkshire District Council
15
65
50
30
160
England
Westminster
680
510
450
260
1,900
England
West Sussex
195
240
215
155
805
England
Wigan
10
45
50
35
140
England
Wiltshire
40
55
55
40
190
England
Windsor and Maidenhead
90
90
55
45
280
England
Wirral
25
40
80
20
165
England
Wokingham
65
90
70
60
285
England
Wolverhampton
60
110
160
125
455
England
Worcestershire
35
45
75
55
210
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None
Unknown
9,060
10,315
8,075
9,910
37,360
* = Negligible i.e. 2 or less. Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.
2. Those shown as “Unknown” will be a mixture of all of the areas, not just England.
3. Figures have been provided by using the Central point that each local authority maps to for the performance of the Citizenship Ceremony. Source:
Local Management Information
