§ 72. Mr. Chapmanasked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the 97W OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, for the first year's operation of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the number of vouchers applied for and issued by cate-
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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND VOUCHERS ISSUED UP TO THE END OF JUNE, 1963 Country of Origin Category A Category B Category C Categories A, B, C Applications Received Vouchers Issued Applications Received Vouchers Issued Applications Received Vouchers Issued Applications Received Vouchers Issued Aden 21 13 2 2 26 14 49 29 Antigua 8 5 4 4 35 24 47 33 Australia 322 300 846 846 547 387 1,715 1,533 Bahamas 3 3 3 3 3 — 9 6 Barbados 622 602 13 12 455 283 1,090 897 Basutoland 2 2 — — — — 2 2 Bermuda 5 4 5 4 22 14 32 22 British Guiana 80 63 62 53 290 164 432 280 British Honduras — — 1 1 3 1 4 2 British Solomon Islands — — — — 3 2 3 2 Brunei 2 2 2 2 — — 4 4 Canada 194 158 875 844 856 505 1,925 1,507 Ceylon 64 52 291 276 1,100 565 1,455 893 Cyprus 919 666 11 11 287 176 1,217 853 Dominica 16 14 — — 23 16 39 30 Falkland Islands — — 1 1 9 6 10 7 Fiji 13 10 11 9 203 80 227 99 Gambia 1 — — — 1 — 2 — Ghana 42 23 10 9 87 42 139 74 Gibraltar 11 8 9 8 48 41 68 57 Grenada 27 18 2 — 238 166 267 184 Hong Kong 1,342 969 13 13 23 12 1,378 994 India 1,394 993 3,633 3,127 53,893 13,299 58,920 17,419 Jamaica 314 222 73 68 4,178 2,794 4,565 3,084 Kenya 57 38 47 45 79 42 183 125 Malaya 93 85 31 30 42 31 166 146 Malta 409 350 66 56 714 481 1,189 887 Mauritius 38 27 90 87 468 213 596 327 Montserrat 2 1 — — 15 12 17 13 New Guinea 1 1 — — 13 — 14 1 New Zealand 111 101 235 228 158 101 504 430 Nigeria 137 108 836 799 4,751 2,075 5,724 2,982 Pakistan 3,313 1,825 2,599 1,948 76,125 6,961 82,037 10,734 Papua 1 1 2 2 1 — 4 3 Persian Gulf States 2 1 1 1 7 2 10 4 Rhodesian Federation 66 57 101 96 178 116 345 269 St. Helena 75 69 — — — — 75 69 St. Kitts 4 1 — — 57 46 61 47 St. Lucia 18 12 — — 149 109 167 121 St. Vincent 24 17 2 2 176 121 202 140 Sarawak 4 3 3 3 5 1 12 7 Seychelles 16 14 — — 5 3 21 17 Sierra Leone 8 7 9 8 57 23 74 38 Singapore 34 26 5 4 22 11 61 41 Swaziland — — 8 6 3 1 11 7 Tanganyika 17 15 3 3 16 11 36 29 Trinidad and Tobago 109 76 40 39 220 124 369 239 Uganda 12 7 2 2 14 12 28 21 Zanzibar 4 4 4 3 12 8 20 15 Others 9 4 16 15 17 8 42 27 TOTAL 9,966 6,977 9,967 8,670 145,634 29,103 165,567 44,750 The first applications were received in mid-May, 1962, and the table therefore covers a period of thirteen and a half months. gories under the Act and by territory of origin.
§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Minister of Labour what was the total of unemployed Commonwealth immigrants at the end of June compared with 6, 12, 18 and 24 months previously, and compared with
— 10th June, 1963 10th December, 1962 18th June, 1962 11th December, 1961 2nd May, 1961 Commonwealth Immigrants unemployed (Great Britain only) 22,290 32,776 34,255 26,503 15,082 15th May, 1961 Total unemployed in United Kingdom 516,135 603,039 431,883 427,106 334,812
NOTES 1. The figures of Commonwealth immigrants unemployed are of adults only; those of the total unemployed include adults and young persons. 2. No count of Commonwealth immigrants unemployed was made in June 1961. The May 1961 figures have been given instead.