asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for each year since 1973, how many applications were received for settlement in the United Kingdom, by nationality of applicant; and, for each nationality, what were the reasons for application, the numbers admitted or refused admission and the reasons for refusal of admission, and the average waiting time between application and interview and between interview and admission;(2) for each year since 1973, how many applications for settlement in the United Kingdom were received from husbands or fiancés of women settled in the United Kingdom; what were the nationalities of the men concerned; and, for each nationality, what were the numbers admitted or refused admission and the reasons for the refusal of admission.
The readily available information is as follows.Information on applications for entry clearance leading to settlement in the United Kingdom is available only for the Indian sub-continent from 1977 and is given up to 1983 in tables 5 to 9 of the latest annual Command Paper "Control of Immigration Statistics: United Kingdom 1983" (Cmnd 9246). Corresponding information for 1984 is given in tables 8 to 10 of Statistical Bulletin 5/85 "Control of Immigration: Statistics—Fourth Quarter and Year 1984" and in tables 1 and 2 following. The waiting times given are to the first interview; applications are decided at the first interview unless further enquiries need to be made or a refusal is followed by an appeal, in which case the time taken depends on the particular circumstances of the application.Reasons for refusals of applications are available only for husbands and male fiancés from 1983 and are given in table 3. Information for all countries on the numbers of persons admitted to and granted settlement in the United Kingdom is published annually by nationality and category in the Command paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics" (Tables 1 to 4 of the latest issue), the 1984 issue is due to be published in June.
Table 3 | ||||||
Reasons for refusal of entry clearance for leave to enter the United Kingdom for husbands and male fiancés in the Indian sub-continent | ||||||
Number of persons* | ||||||
Husbands | Male fiancés | Total | ||||
1983 | 1984 | 1983 | 1984 | 1983 | 1984 | |
Primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom | ||||||
(a) Solely for this reason | 80 | 220 | 420 | 660 | 500 | 890 |
(b) In combination with one or more other reasons | 10 | 10 | 210 | 80 | 220 | 90 |
Solely because couple did not intend to live together | 10 | + | 10 | + | 10 | + |
Solely because couple had not met | + | − | 100 | 10 | 100 | 10 |
Solely because wife/fiancé was not a British citizen | 30 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 60 | 30 |
Other reasons and combinations | 20 | 20 | 40 | 70 | 60 | 90 |
Total† | 150 | 280 | 810 | 840 | 970 | 1,120 |
* Rounded to the nearest 10; + indicates 5 or fewer; −indicates nil. | ||||||
† The total includes a small number of cases for which the reason for refusal was not recorded. |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of passengers detained overnight under Immigration Act powers during 1984, by nationality; and whether he will give, for each nationality the proportion of total passengers so detained.
The information requested, excluding the numbers of those detained in Queen's building, Heathrow for which similar information is not available, is as follows:
Nationality | Number detained overnight | Number of persons detained per 1,000 arrivals of that nationality |
Afghanistan | 3 | * |
Algeria | 50 | 2·25 |
Antigua | 3 | * |
Argentina | 8 | 0·60 |
Australia | 13 | 0·04 |
Austria | 11 | 0·10 |
Bahamas | 1 | * |
Table 1
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Applications for entry clearances for immediate settlement made by wives, children and others in the Indian sub-continent by category of applicant, 1984
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Number of persons
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Newly received
| Granted
| Refused
| Outstanding at the end of 1984
| |
Wives | 5,370 | 3,710 | 1,160 | 5,100 |
Children | 9,620 | 5,300 | 3,830 | 13,100 |
Other dependant relatives | 1,150 | 450 | 360 | 1,100 |
Others for settlement | 110 | 80 | 10 | 60 |
Table 2
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Applications for entry clearances for leave to enter the United Kingdom made by husbands and male fiancés in the Indian sub-continent by country 1984
| ||||
Newly received
| Granted
| Refused
| Outstanding at the end of 1984
| |
Bangladesh | 100 | 20 | 20 | 230 |
India | 1,400 | 640 | 660 | 1,400 |
Pakistan | 1,300 | 680 | 440 | 1,700 |
Nationality
| Number detained overnight
| Number of persons detained per 1,000 arrivals of that nationality
|
Bangladesh | 157 | 6·40 |
Barbados | 1 | 0·12 |
Benin | 1 | *
|
Bermuda | 2 | *
|
Bolivia | 2 | *
|
Brazil | 12 | 0·23 |
British Overseas citizens | 3 | 0·18 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0·29 |
Cameroon | 3 | *
|
Canada | 6 | 0·01 |
Cape Verde | 1 | *
|
Central African Republic | 1 | *
|
Chile | 6 | 0·48 |
China | 10 | 1·15 |
Colombia | 57 | 2·70 |
Cuba | 10 | 10·09 |
Cyprus | 18 | 0·51 |
Denmark | 1 | *
|
Dominica | 2 | *
|
Ecuador | 2 | *
|
Nationality
| Number detained overnight
| Number of persons detained per 1,000 arrivals of that nationality
|
Egypt | 7 | 0·12 |
Ethiopia | 8 | 1·17 |
Finland | 5 | 0·06 |
France | 3 | *
|
Gambia | 41 | *
|
Germany (FRG) | 8 | *
|
Ghana | 716 | 20·12 |
Greece | 16 | *
|
Grenada | 1 | *
|
Guyana | 4 | 0·67 |
Holland | 4 | *
|
Hong Kong (BDTC) | 42 | 0·75 |
Iceland | 3 | *
|
India | 454 | 2·33 |
Indonesia | 3 | 0·20 |
Iran | 138 | 2·32 |
Iraq | 60 | 2·98 |
Israel | 96 | 0·66 |
Italy | 5 | *
|
Ivory Coast | 6 | *
|
Jamaica | 11 | 0·38 |
Japan | 3 | 0·01 |
Jordan | 12 | 0·45 |
Kenya | 16 | 0·62 |
Korea (South) | 22 | *
|
Kuwait | 1 | 0·03 |
Lebanon | 20 | 0·48 |
Liberia | 5 | *
|
Libya | 58 | 7·39 |
Malawi | 1 | *
|
Malaysia | 25 | 0·33 |
Mali | 2 | *
|
Malta | 15 | 0·41 |
Mauritius | 7 | 0·38 |
Mexico | 10 | 0·26 |
Morocco | 49 | 2·73 |
Mozambique | 5 | *
|
Nepal | 3 | *
|
New Zealand | 5 | 0·06 |
Nicaragua | 1 | *
|
Nigeria | 741 | 4·31 |
Norway | 4 | 0·02 |
Oman | 1 | *
|
Palistan | 506 | 4·73 |
Peru | 5 | 0·57 |
Philippines | 64 | 2·41 |
Poland | 20 | 0·52 |
Portugal | 83 | 1·06 |
Romania | 6 | 1·90 |
St. Lucia | 1 | *
|
Saudi Arabia | 10 | 0·18 |
Senegal | 2 | *
|
Seychelles | 1 | *
|
Sierra Leone | 17 | 2·33 |
Singapore | 5 | 0·14 |
Somalia | 4 | 2·39 |
South Africa | 6 | 0·05 |
Spain | 113 | 0·38 |
Sri Lanka | 156 | 5·09 |
Sudan | 18 | 0·91 |
Surinam | 2 | *
|
Sweden | 11 | 0·03 |
Switzerland | 10 | 0·04 |
Syria | 22 | 1·30 |
Tanzania | 12 | 1·00 |
Thailand | 9 | 0·44 |
Togo | 1 | *
|
Tunisia | 50 | 4·58 |
Turkey | 143 | 2·82 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0·90 |
Uganda | 27 | 3·34 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0·56 |
USA | 113 | 0·04 |
USSR | 2 | 0·21 |
Nationality
| Number detained overnight
| Number of persons detained per 1,000 arrivals of that nationality
|
Venezuela | 6 | 0·60 |
Yemen | 6 | *
|
Yugoslavia | 20 | 0·55 |
Zaire | 2 | *
|
Zambia | 8 | 0·71 |
Zimbabwe | 14 | 0·94 |
Nationality doubtful | 47 | 0·64 |
Total | 4,548 | 0·59 |
* Separate totals are not kept of arriving passengers of these nationalities; in aggregate the proportion of these nationals detained was 0·74 per 1,000 arivals. |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the review of the instructions for the staff of the immigration and nationality department to be completed; and whether he will publish the results.
We are pressing ahead with the review but my right hon. and learned Friend cannot set a date for its completion. The possibility of publication of some of the instructions will be considered as part of the review.