To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government tests those who wish to enter the UK for a period of six months or more from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis in their country of origin. (142052)

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (Mr. Spellar) on 8 May 2007, Official Report, column 80W.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of people from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis and seeking entry into the UK for a period of six months or more were tested for tuberculosis at ports of entry in the last period for which figures are available. (142054)

Statistics are not recorded in this form.