asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of Asians detained at London Airport and refused entry into the United Kingdom in the years 1973, 1974 and 1975.

The information is not immediately available. I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as it can be obtained.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of Asian people detained on arrival in the United Kingdom, and then held in detention, and subsequently allowed entry in the years, 1973, 1974 and 1975.

I regret that the information is not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. We should be unable, in any case, to distinguish people of Asian origin among those holding passports of countries outside Asia.