Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-10-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their British citizenship removed under (a) section 40, Subsection 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 since 27 July 2014 and (b) section 40, subsection (i) 2 and (ii) 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in each of the past five years.
James Brokenshire
The number of people who have been deprived of citizenship under section 40 subsections (2), (3) and (4A) in each of the last 5 years is as follows:
|
Year |
Section 40(2) |
Section 40(3) |
Section 40(4A) |
|
2010 |
5 |
0 |
– |
|
2011 |
6 |
0 |
– |
|
2012 |
5 |
1 |
– |
|
2013 |
8 |
10 |
– |
|
2014 |
4 |
15 |
0 |
This information has been provided from local management information and is not a national statistic. As such it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.
The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, is currently undertaking the review of the operation of the power under Section 40(4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981, as required by section 40B of the Act.
