FOI Request - Citizenship Ceremonies

Request 101002590249

1. How many UK citizenship ceremonies has your council hosted in the years 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20?
2. If possible, please also provide the country of birth of the applicant for each year or as a total for all six years.

Response 02-10-2020

1. The number of citizenship ceremonies held, broken down by financial year, is as follows. 

2014/15 20

2015/16 33

2016/17 22

2017/18 14

2018/19 19

2019/20 29

2. To provide a yearly breakdown could risk identifying individuals and so this information is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information. Please see the below list of all countries across that period:

Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belize
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Egypt
Fiji
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Lithuania
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
USA
Western Sahara
Zimbabwe