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Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the past 12 months how many entry visa applications have (a) been received and (b) granted in respect of (i) Poland, (ii) Yugoslavia, (iii) Czechoslovakia, (iv) Romania, (v) Albania, (vi) Hungary, (vii) Bulgaria and (viii) the Soviet Union.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd
The figures for entry clearance applications of all types processed in 1990 in the countries concerned are:
| Received | Granted | |
| Poland | 44,912 | 42,694 |
| Yugoslavia | 1,354 | 1,133 |
| Czechoslovakia | 23,258 | 23,184 |
| Romania | 9,911 | 9,226 |
| Hungary | 19,452 | 19,391 |
| Bulgaria | 7,712 | 7,625 |
| USSR | 45,752 | 45,585 |