asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Answer given on Thursday 5th February 1976 to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South West, in respect of how many people action has been taken for removal when the period of stay of a work permit holder not accepted for settlement has expired and he has not left the country since March 1974.

It would involve a disproportionate effort to produce the figure, since the information could only be assembled by searching all our case files.