questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applications for naturalisation are concluded within a reasonable timeframe and; what progress her Department has made in reducing the backlog of app
answerText: The service standard for the processing of a straightforward application for British citizenship is six months.The most recent Migration Transparency data published in August 2025 shows that 99.36% of straightforward applications were decided within servi...
heading: British Nationality: Hornsey and Friern Barnet