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57.
Mr. Giles Shaw
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the latest trends in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, respectively, in applications by dependants to join heads of households settled in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Ennals
During the past two years there has been an increase in the number of such applications. In Bangladesh there were 9,121 applications in 1975 compared with 3,889 in 1974. The figures for India were 11,459 in 1975 and 9,470 in 1974; and for Pakistan 11,014 in 1975 compared with 8,950 in 1974.