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YOUR TELNO 1326: PQS FROM ALISTAIR DARLING MP

1. THE EXPLANATION TO YOUR QUESTION IS AS FOLLOWS:

2. NATURALISATION APPLICATIONS NORMALLY TAKE ONE YEAR OR MORE TO FINALISE. THE 579 APPLICATIONS APPROVED IN 1990 ARE MOSTLY CASES

RECEIVED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR EARLIER.

3. AS REGARDS THE 2,000 APPLICATIONS OUTSTANDING FROM 1989, THIS IS THE RESULT OF A SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF NATURALISATION APPLICATIONS FOLLOWING JUNE 1989: THE BACKLOG AS AT 30 JUNE IS 5,797

APPLICATIONS. ADDITIONAL STAFF HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO DEAL WITH THIS BACKLOG.

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