HL Deb 03 November 1970 vol 312 cc331-3WA
LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether those British subjects resident in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Malaysia, Singapore, South Yemen, and the Caribbean, will be allowed to settle in the United Kingdom; how long is the queue of those who have expressed a desire to come; how long, at the present rate of admission (or an average of what it has been each year since 1968), it will be before all those British subjects will have had the chance of coming to the United Kingdom.

LORD WINDLESHAM

United Kingdom passport holders who have no close connection with the United Kingdom, as defined in the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968, are subject to immigration

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £
Kenya … — — 1 528 6 1,052 1 251
Uganda … — — 1 251 4 464 NIL
Tanzania … — — 11 1,548 10 1,110 5 1,949
Zambia … — — NIL NIL 5 1,298
Malawi … — — NIL NIL NIL
Malaysia … — — NIL 3 536 NIL
Singapore … 1 85 2 320 2 320 2 304 1 532
South Yemen … — — NIL NIL NIL
Caribbean … — — 1 303 5 791 3 362
Totals … 1 85 2 320 16 2,950 30 4,257 15 4,392
1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ No. £
Kenya … 7 1,623 26 4,509 26 5,333 26 5,305 8 1,222
Uganda … 2 255 1 189 7 1,101 4 712 6 570
Tanzania … 5 1,422 14 2,433 6 1,954 5 1,117 12 2,154
Zambia … 8 2,199 9 3,066 11 2,935 24 4,541 22 4,699
Malawi … 2 299 9 2,146 8 2,150 5 1,321 7 1,076
Malaysia … 2 425 3 556 3 409 2 533 4 797
Singapore … 5 531 9 1,148 2 611 4 1,397 18 2,913
South Yemen … NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
Caribbean … 3 230 7 859 10 1,589 25 3,954 24 3,732
Totals … 34 6,984 78 14,906 73 16,082 95 18,880 101 17,163

control. As at September 30, 1970, some 9,000 heads of families, mostly in East Africa, had applied for the special vouchers which entitle them to settle in this country with their families. At the present rate of admission it would be six years before all those who have applied were admitted.

LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether consular facilities are available to British subjects in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Malaysia, Singapore, South Yemen, and the Caribbean; and if so, what has been the number of cases of, and expenditure on, repatriation to the United Kingdom from each of these countries in the last ten years.

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN)

Consular facilities are available to British subjects, citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, in the countries named and in the Caribbean. The number of cases of, and expenditure on, repatriation to the United Kingdom in the last ten years from each country is given in the attached table.

LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What estimate they now make of British subjects who are destitute and in need of protection in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Malaysia, Singapore, South Yemen, and the Caribbean.

THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN

Numbers of those British subjects who are eligible for repatriation or relief who are destitute (i.e., have no visible means of support) and in need of protection are reported as follows:

  • Kenya—None.
  • Uganda—11, to whom assistance is being given.
  • Tanzania—Not more than 10, to whom assistance is being given.
  • Zambia—None.
  • Malawi—None.
  • Malaysia—None.
  • Singapore—1, to whom assistance is being given.
  • South Yemen—None.
  • Caribbean—None.