Joshua Reynolds: Home Office: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

British Nationality: Children

Wednesday 21st May 2025

Asked by: Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat - Maidenhead)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British citizens to transmit their citizenship to their children born abroad.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

There are already provisions in sections 2 and 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 for children born abroad to British citizens to acquire citizenship, either automatically, or by registration where the child or parent can demonstrate a connection to the UK.