asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of persons, together with their nationality, wishing to enter the United Kingdom as visitors for a short stay during 1974, who were refused admission.

I regret that our statistics do not record how many of those refused leave to enter were seeking admission as visitors, but the attached table shows the total number subject to possible refusal and the numbers refused on all grounds from the Commonwealth and from foreign countries for the period January to October 1974.