Written Question·Home Office·UIN 102333

British Nationality

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 8 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether support for a proscribed terrorist organisation automatically qualifies for deprivation of citizenship on the understanding of being conducive to the public good.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with the power to deprive an individual of their British citizenship where:The Secretary of State is satisfied that it would be conducive to the public good;The person acquired citizenship a...

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