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Commonwealth Citizens (Entry)

Volume 929: debated on Monday 28 March 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizens of each of the following countries have been admitted and how many refused leave to enter in each month since January 1976 to the most recent month for which this information is available: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Cyprus, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rhodesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka; and how many United Kingdom passport holders were similarly refused leave.

The information requested is given in the following tables. The figures in table 2 relate to the month in which the passenger was removed.

TABLE 1
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN GIVEN LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
JANUARY—DECEMBER 1976

Country or Territory issuing Passport

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

*

December

*

Total

*

Australia18,69011,85817,67323,70833,82236,02335,65737,70330,97921,81215,06319,477302,465
Bangladesh1,3451,2361,4749451,6211,3391,7741,7081,6071,5961,1971,05116,893
Canada14,18211,50623,11027,74543,50840,80551,39045,52047,57728,20516,42818,153368,129
Cyprus1,6009251,0441,5441,4541,7162,9033,0283,5731,9031,4021,71422,806
Ghana1,5218701,2401,4761,5171,5932,6972,7922,7751,9811,5411,62521,628
Hong Kong1,8691,0471,3151,9071,7802,1802,9503,9114,0331,8301,1641,55125,537
India9,5008,4009,19610,65912,58813,26914,38113,71214,39611,4489,18510,040136,774
Jamaica3,5281,6281,3481,8462,2572,9344,3655,9773,5162,3772,2261,55633,558
Kenya1,1517801,0121,5391,3911,5162,0092,2892,2111,3218841,07117,174
Malaysia2,2991,4711,9073,2192,7333,5494,3345,4458,4563,7881,8932,28541,379
Malta1,5408961,1331,4091,6211,9162,6553,3992,0471,8101,4511,77721,654
Mauritius1,3309799911,4301,5121,9373,1183,2342,2651,3359151,31720,363
New Zealand3,2122,9053,3755,5306,7667,6237,4907,4657,7315,3153,3203,37264,104
Nigeria4,4172,0233,1483,8093,7564,5148,65410,1599,0235,1524,3965,09664,147
Pakistan4,3773,6174,3575,0015,2285,5907,2846,4755,4045,2004,0644,33260,929
Rhodesia14585761381511631342473601761521641,991
Singapore7716197961,4362,2882,9991,8991,9232,6521,4911,0541,00618,934
Sri Lanka1,4597879631,3171,2681,3621,7341,8282,3391,4609111,03216,460
UKPH2,2931,9842,4752,8783,1393,0564,0404,6433,9902,9442,1552,49036,087

* Provisional.

TABLE 2
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN GIVEN LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
JANUARY—DECEMBER 1976

Country or Territory issuing Passport

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

*

December

*

Total

*

Australia34321352336439
Bangladesh342428214032303248324154416
Canada5653645532549
Cyprus231414191521302731422934299
Ghana222126272420164128403134330
Hong Kong51552066241011112217152
India583247528087947657695965776
Jamaica1171146627
Kenya4214471091042158
Malaysia85976415108610997
Malta121116
Mauritius101754108191196811118
New Zealand1214
Nigeria464038484527697066493661595
Pakistan5052688076748411060757787893
Rhodesia11442417111013161126129
Singapore2221811425533
Sri Lanka76855105410611582
UKPH971361621151622131925182

* Provisional.