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British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the current Life in the UK test.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Jul 2026
Target answer date
7 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the current Life in the UK test.

  2. 7 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government considers that everyone seeking to make a permanent home in the UK should be equipped to integrate successfully in UK society, with an appropriate level of English and an understanding of life in the UK.Applicants for settlement and citizen...

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British Nationality: Applications

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department usually takes to obtain good character references for British citizenship applications; what the maximum length of time taken for such a reference to be obtained is; and how ma