§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) men, (b) women and (c) children were waiting in each queue at each post in the Indian subcontinent on 31 March or the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe number of men, women and children waiting in the settlement queues for interviews in the Indian Sub-Continent Posts at 31 March was:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Islamabad Men 25 497 89 680 Women 57 478 70 84 Children 0 193 0 0 Total 82 1,933 159 764 Karachi Figures not available Dhaka Breakdown not available New Delhi Men 0 76 70 61 Women 0 256 97 29 Children 0 35 2 10 TOTAL 0 367 169 100 Bombay Men 4 77 67 113 Women 26 302 91 37 Children 45 24 22 6 TOTAL 75 403 180 156 Madras Men 7 8 0 0 Women 2 15 3 0 Children 0 4 0 0 TOTAL 9 27 3 0 Calcutta No queues in Calcutta GRAND TOTAL 166 2,756 514 1,020 Queue 1. Persons with a claim to the right of abode. Dependent relatives over 70 years old. Special compassionate cases.
Queue 2. All spouses and all children over 18 years.
Queue 3. Finance(è)s and others applying for the first time for settlement.
Queue 4. Reapplicants.
There are no queues for visit applications other than in Islamabad, where due to seasonally high demand, applicant requiring a full interview can expect to wait five to seven days.