Written Question·Home Office·UIN 37114

British Nationality

Tabled: 11 March 2025

Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens had their citizenship revoked in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status only under the circumstances set out at sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the Act. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any ...

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