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Asylum: British Nationality

Commons · Question 92976 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 28 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of offering fast track UK citizenship to asylum seekers who report (i) the preparation of acts of terror, (ii) serious organised crime and (iii) approaches by

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 28 Nov 2025

The requirements to become a British citizen are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 and apply equally to everyone. The Act does not allow the government to reduce residential periods for those who report crimes.The Government has recently launche...