§ 43. Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many Commonwealth immigrants have been repatriated at public expense in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. EnnalsIn the 12 month up to 31st December, 1968, supplementary benefit payments were made to 93 individuals or families to enable them to return to their countries of origin in the Commonwealth and elsewhere.
§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the total number of former immigrants who emigrated from Great Britain in each of recent months.
§ Mr. CrossmanI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. In the four quarters up to September, 1968, the estimated outward movement of persons who were not citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies—excluding traffic to the Irish Republic—and who had spent at least one year in this country and intended to be overseas for at least one year was respectively 17, 13, 13 and 26 thousand.