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Ms Jenny Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for visit visas for people travelling from India were received by the New Dehli Embassy between January and December 1998; and how many were refused. [80058]
Mr. Fatchett
The British High Commission in New Delhi received 56,184 applications for visit visas during 1998, of which 7,680 were refused.
Ms Jenny Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for visit visas for people travelling from (a) Poland, (b) Russia, (c) Ukraine and (d) Latvia have been received by the relevant British embassies between January and December 1998; and how many were refused. [79925]
Mr. Fatchett
The statistics requested are as follows:
| Visit visa applications 1998 | ||
| Country | Received | Refused |
| Poland | 881 | 105 |
| Russia | 92,679 | 2,772 |
| Ukraine | 23,366 | 2,567 |
| Latvia | 2,440 | 169 |