Written Question·Home Office·UIN 92976

Asylum: British Nationality

Tabled: 20 November 2025

Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of offering fast track UK citizenship to asylum seekers who report (i) the preparation of acts of terror, (ii) serious organised crime and (iii) approaches by

Answer

Alex Norris

The requirements to become a British citizen are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 and apply equally to everyone. The Act does not allow the government to reduce residential periods for those who report crimes.The Government has recently launche...

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