To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted (a) limited and (b) indefinite leave to remain in the UK in each of the last 10 years. (195251)

The latest available information on grants of limited leave and indefinite leave to remain in the UK can be found in the 2006 Command Paper “Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom”. This publication, and previous years, may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, columns 799-800W, on immigration, in how many of the 9,500 cases closed because of error the individual concerned had (a) been granted status, (b) been removed or (c) died. (196209)

[holding answer 25 March 2008]: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.