Question follow-through · 24435
British Nationality: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of a charging structure for citizenship applications based on recovering the full costs for processing them rather than a full-profit
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of a charging structure for citizenship applications based on recovering the full costs for processing them rather than a full-profit
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jan 2025
Answer published
Fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review and are set taking account of the charging powers provided by Section 68(9) of the Immigration Act 2014, which include the ability to set fees based on: the cost of processing the app...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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