Hansard

Indian Subcontinent

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006

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Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many spouses and fiancé(e)s from each of the countries of the Indian sub continent were given entry clearance to the UK in each year between 2000 and 2005. (107050)

Dr. Howells

The information requested by the hon. Member is set out in the following table. UKvisas cannot produce relevant statistics for 2000 and 2001 owing to insufficient data from the UKvisas Central Referencing System.

Spouse and fiancé(e) visas issued between 2002 to 2005 in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal

Calendar year

Wives

Husbands

Fiancé(e)

India

2002

2,537

987

368

2003

2,618

1,080

361

2004

2,763

1,458

421

2005

3,208

1,622

454

Pakistan

2002

3,766

3,005

254

2003

5,046

3,647

162

2004

4,897

3,412

217

2005

5,121

3,487

245

Bangladesh

2002

1,565

1,063

6

2003

1,859

1,225

6

2004

1,114

721

4

2005

2,129

1,525

26

Sri Lanka

2002

567

49

16

2003

739

89

13

2004

856

113

11

2005

768

127

11

Nepal

2002

71

20

4

2003

53

9

0

2004

75

20

1

2005

88

21

16

Source:

2002-03 Central Referencing System 29 November 2006

2004-05 MSR screen on CRS