Written Question·Home Office·UIN 9419

British Nationality: Chagossians

Tabled: 16 October 2024

Answered: 25 October 2024

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of Chagossian descent have taken British nationality since 2022.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to an individual’s ancestry.Whilst the BIOT (British Indian Oceans Territory) citizenship registration route was introduced in November 2022, there may be people of Chagossian descent wh...

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