HC Deb 21 October 1971 vol 823 cc886-7
27. Mr. Longden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants from India, Pakistan, and the West Indies, respectively, were admitted to Great Britain in each of the years since 1960, listing dependants separately.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Richard Sharpies)

Since the Answer consists of a large number of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Longden

I thank my hon. Friend for the trouble taken in getting out the figures. Can he say whether the figures are going up or down?

ADMISSIONS FOR SETTLEMENT
Employment Voucher Holders Dependants Others Total
India
July-December
1962 … … … 646 1,565 645 2,856
1963 … … … 8,366 6,616 501 15,483
1964 … … … 3,828 8,770 435 13,033
1965 … … … 3,794 12,798 539 17,131
1966 … … … 2,433 13,357 918 16,708
1967 … … … 2,175 15,822 1,070 19,067
1968 … … … 1,864 18,718 2,565 23,147
1969 … … … 1,382 8,286 1,290 10,958
1970 … … … 791 5,406 961 7,158
January-June
1971 … … … 386 2,525 559 3,470
Pakistan
July-December
1962 … … … 391 505 210 1,106
1963 … … … 13,526 3,304 261 17,091
1964 … … … 3,296 7,046 180 10,522
1965 … … … 2,520 6,763 118 9,401
1966 … … … 721 9,319 105 10,245
1967 … … … 754 17,506 384 18,644
1968 … … … 672 12,535 219 13,426
1969 … … … 511 11,880 267 12,658
1970 … … … 381 9,190 292 9,863
January-June 1971 … … … 152 3,246 175 3,573
West Indies
July-December
1962 … … … 1,600 3,730 1,674 7,004
1963 … … … 2,077 7,896 1,145 11,118
1964 … … … 2,635 11,461 1,522 15,618
1965 … … … 2,987 11,147 794 14,928
1966 … … … 628 9,878 482 10,988
1967 … … … 630 11,211 583 12,424
1968 … … … 507 6,230 276 7,013
1969 … … … 388 3,942 209 4,539
1970 … … … 379 3,339 216 3,934
January-June
1971 … … … 99 1,029 116 1,244

Note: Statistics in the form requested were not kept before the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, came into effect on 1st July, 1962.