§ 6. Mr. LOUGHERasked the Home Secretary whether he has any particulars showing the number and nationality of aliens landed in Great Britain during the years 1913 and 1924, respectively, and for the first six months of this year; and the number which have been granted permission to permanently reside in this country during the same periods?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number of aliens (excluding transmigrants) who landed in the United Kingdom in 1913 was 537,398, but the statistics prepared under the Aliens Act, 1905, do not enable me to state their nationalities. The bulk of them were not liable to inspection under that Act, and did not require permission to enter the country or to reside here. The number who arrived in 1924 was 388,129, and in the first half of this year 162,982. For particulars as to their nationalities, I must refer my hon. Friend to the annual and quarterly Returns presented to Parliament: that covering April, May, and June is now in the Press. 597 As I informed my hon. Friend the Member for South Kensington (Sir W. Davison) on 28th May last, in 1924, apart from residents returning after an absence abroad, the number of aliens whose stay might be expected to be permament was in the neighbourhood of 2,000. Information as regards this year will be included in the next annual Report.