asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what levels of immigration he anticipates for each of the next five years from the Indian subcontinent if the White Paper proposals are enacted; and what those figures would have been without the new measures.

Reliable projections cannot be made because future immigration can be affected by so many continuously changing factors.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will bring up to date the information contained in the written answer contained in the Official Report, 10 February 1977, columns 818–30, relating to the number and treatment of applications in the queue to enter the United Kingdom from the Indian subcontinent.

Provision of all the information requested would involve disproportionate cost. Information on applications received in the Indian subcontinent for entry clearances for immediate settlement, over four-fifths of which are

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the number of parents and grandparents aged 65 years or over, of British residents of Asian origin who have the means to maintain them, who are likely to have a standard of living substantially below that of their own country and therefore to meet the conditions set out in paragraph 48 of the White Paper on immigration rules.

No such estimate is available.