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Mr. Atkinson
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of visitor—short-stay holiday and family visits—entry certificates issued for each of the last three years and the High Commissions issuing them together with the percentage of visitors in each case who have overstayed the period granted.
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
Following is the available information on the issue of visitor entry certificates, by country of issue. It is not possible to give the per- centage of visitors from each country who have overstayed their leave to enter.
| VISITOR ENTRY CERTIFICATES ISSUED: 1972–1974 | |||
| Country of issue | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
| Australia | 50,270 | 66,839 | 61,864 |
| Bangladesh | 994 | 1,445 | 1,196 |
| Barbados | 1,624 | 2,006 | 1,541 |
| Canada | 2,217 | 2,141 | 1,291 |
| Cyprus | 6,348 | 7,199 | 3,350 |
| Ghana | 2,606 | 3,881 | 3,817 |
| Gibraltar | 739 | 54 | 42 |
| Guyana | 2,089 | 2,024 | 1,265 |
| Hong Kong | 3,971 | 4,376 | 3,697 |
| India | 13,083 | 12,838 | 12,219 |
| Jamaica | 4,288 | 4,601 | 4,108 |
| Kenya | 8,917 | 10,670 | 9,390 |
| Malaysia | 4,048 | 4,132 | 4,267 |
| Malta | 7,601 | 8,462 | 7,140 |
| Mauritius | 2,628 | 3,414 | 3,482 |
| New Zealand | 14,062 | 15,817 | 16,195 |
| Nigeria | 6,927 | 7,853 | 8,817 |
| Pakistan | 2,554 | 2,702* | — |
| Rhodesia | — | — | — |
| Sierra Leone | 871 | 910 | 1,145 |
| Singapore | 4,617 | 5,888 | 4,326 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,618 | 2,157 | 2,418 |
| Tanzania | 829 | 1,099 | 1,031 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,266 | 4.282 | 3,153 |
| Uganda | 1,999 | 508 | 576 |
| West Indies Associated States | 1,157 | 1,251 | 976 |
| Zambia | 930 | 1,191 | 1,472 |
| All other territories | 1,124 | 1,533 | 1,804 |
| TOTAL | 152,377 | 179,273 | 160,582 |
| * From 1st September 1973 citizens of Pakistan were issued with visas. | |||