Question follow-through · 50210

British Nationality: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children entitled to citizenship and not registered.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children entitled to citizenship and not registered.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    We do not hold estimates on the number of children or adults who may be entitled to British citizenship and have not yet registered or applied for naturalisation.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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