asked the Lord Privy Seal what, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, have been the numbers of refugees landing in Hong Kong either annually, monthly, or weekly and the numbers of Hong Kong citizens leaving to enter the United Kingdom.

Since 1975, the annual totals of refugees arriving in Hong Kong from Vietnam—the only place from which they have arrived in significant numbers—have been:

1975	3,743
1976	191
1977	1,001
1978	6,609
1979(to 10 December)	73,305

The monthly total for 1979 were:

January	5,395
February	5,552
March	3,114
April	6,143
May	18,688
June	19,651
July	8,046
August	3,247
September	2,581
October	572
November	282
December (1-10)	34

Since 1973 the annual totals of former residents of Hong Kong admitted for settlement in the United Kingdom have been:

1973	1,561
1974	1,990
1975	2,089
1976	1,930
1977	1,676
1978	1,284
1979 (January to June)	671

These figures do not include refugees settled in this country from Hong Kong.