24.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the total numbers of immigrants admitted for permanent settlement during 1974, classified according to countries of origin, respectively.
Following are the figures. For the whole of 1974 they are not yet available.
| ADMISSIONS FOR SETTLEMENT ON ARRIVAL JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1974 | |
| Commonwealth citizens: | |
| Associated States | 150 |
| Australia | 556 |
| Bangladesh | 630 |
| Barbados | 70 |
| Canada | 199 |
| Cyprus | 114 |
| Ghana | 63 |
| *Gibraltar | — |
| Guyana | 68 |
| Hong Kong | 919 |
| India | 3,115 |
| Jamaica | 816 |
| Kenya | 944 |
| Malaysia | 39 |
| Malta | 72 |
| Mauritius | 122 |
| New Zealand | 292 |
| Nigeria | 113 |
| Rhodesia | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 |
| Singapore | 38 |
| Sri Lanka | 157 |
| Tanzania | 129 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 55 |
| Uganda | 136 |
| Zambia | 55 |
| United Kingdom passport holders | 8,114 |
| All other Commonwealth countries and territories | 122 |
| TOTAL | 17,092 |
| Foreign nationals: | |
| Arab Republic of Egypt | 7 |
| Argentine | 7 |
| Austria | 25 |
| *Belgium | — |
| Brazil | 16 |
| Chile | 13 |
| Foreign nationals | |
| China | 3 |
| Colombia | 10 |
| Cuba | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 12 |
| *Denmark | — |
| Finland | 28 |
| *France | — |
| German Democratic Republic | 3 |
| *Germany (Federal Republic) | — |
| Greece | 17 |
| Hungary | 27 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Iran | 7 |
| Iraq | 6 |
| Israel | 18 |
| *Italy | — |
| Japan | 13 |
| *Luxembourg | — |
| Mexico | 7 |
| *Netherlands | — |
| Norway | 94 |
| Pakistan | 2,723 |
| Peru | 4 |
| Poland | 57 |
| Portugal | 52 |
| Romania | 12 |
| South Africa | 123 |
| Spain | 107 |
| Sweden | 176 |
| Switzerland | 42 |
| Turkey | 8 |
| USA. | 573 |
| USSR | 9 |
| Venezuela | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 17 |
| Other foreign countries | 739 |
| TOTAL | 4,963 |
| * No analysis according to purpose of journey is available in relation to nationals of EEC countries on arrival at the ports, nor in relation to Gibraltarians, who benefit from the free movement of labour provisions of the EEC. | |
32.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider publishing statistics of all dependants of immigrants entering the United Kingdom on a quarterly basis as is at present the practice with regard to spouses of immigrants admitted for settlement.
Comprehensive statistics of admissions for settlement are already given in the Press notice which we issue each quarter, and the category "Other Commonwealth" in Table 2 is composed almost entirely of Commonwealth dependants.