§ 71. Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures, as far as they are available, showing for each of the last five years his estimates for, respectively, coloured and white net immigration from the Commonwealth, net immigration of citizens of the Irish Republic, and net immigration of aliens, respectively.
§ Mr. George ThomasStatistics are not kept on a basis of race or colour. Estimates of the net balance of immigration from Commonwealth territories in the Caribbean, Asia, East and West Africa and the Mediterranean, which are the 177W only figures available for the period before the 1st July, 1962, are as follows:
1960 … … 57,700 1961 … … 136,400 1962 … … 94,900 (to 30th June) The net balance of Immigration of Commonwealth citizens subject to Part I of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 was as follows:
Canada, Australia and New Zealand Other Commonwealth territories 1962 (from 1st July) … -6,182 8,685 1963 … 8,951 57,049 1964 … 13,382 62,117 The minus sign denotes a net outward movement.
As to aliens, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to his Question on 1st July.
No count is made of citizens of the Irish Republic travelling between Great Britain or Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, but the Registrar General estimates that the net intake of such citizens into the United Kingdom was as follows:
1960 … … 33,000 1961 … … 35,000 1962 … … 32,000 1963 … … 28,000 1964 … … 30,000