§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons of various European nationalities have settled in Great Britain since 1945.
§ Mr. George ThomasNo exact statistics are available of foreigners accepted for permanent residence before 1960.
The tables below show the numbers of foreigners of the principal European nationalities who were resident in the United Kingdom on 1st January, 1961 (including pre-war residents) and the number who have since been accepted for residence up to the end of 1964. These figures do not allow for wastage due to naturalisation, emigration and death.
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Persons of European Nationality resident in the United Kingdom on 1st January, 1961 Polish 93,276 Hungarian 13,552 Russian 12,969 Yugoslav 8,270 Latvian 8,079 Lithuanian 3,632 Estonian 2,485 Czechoslovak 1,980 Roumanian 1,516 Other East European 9,317 Total East European 155,076
Italian 42,234 German 25,103 French 7,835 Austrian 5,897 Dutch 5,861 Spanish 4,924 Swiss 4,599 Belgian 2,985 Danish 2,407 Norwegian 1,660 Greek 1,641 Swedish 1,150 Other West European 1,695 Total West European 107,991
Persons of European Nationality accepted as Residents in the United Kingdom for the period 1st January, 1961–31st December, 1964 Polish 2,481 Hungarian 363 Russian 112 Yugoslav 745 Latvian 6 Lithuanian — Estonian 7 Czechoslovak 74 Roumanian 41 Other East European 53 Total East European 3,882 Italian 22,953 German 6,918 French 2,462 Austrian 982 Dutch 1,890 Spanish 8 199 Swiss 1,218 Belgian 470 Danish 1,041 Norwegian 773 Greek 978 Swedish 696 Other West European 1,878 Total West European 50,458