§ Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by country of origin the numbers of new Commonwealth immigrants accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom for 1975 up to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonFollowing are the numbers of citizens of countries of the New Commonwealth accepted for settlement on arrival or on revocation of conditions in the first six months of 1975 as recorded in the quarterly statistics, which are available in the Library.
Bangladesh 1,050 Barbados 202 Cyprus 971 Ghana 332 Guyana 238 Hong Kong 1,006 India 4,829 Jamaica 627 Kenya 1,038 Malaysia 908 Malta 84 Mauritius 745 Nigeria 320 Rhodesia 121 Sierra Leone 95 Singapore 141 Sri Lanka 433 Tanzania 371 Trinidad and Tobago 432 Uganda 291 West Indies Associated States 305 Zambia 62 United Kingdom passport holders 6,838 All other territories 213 Total 21,652
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants were assisted with repatriation in 1974 and in 1975 to the nearest convenient date.
§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyon192 persons were so assisted in 1974 and 53 in the period 1st January to 30th June 1975, under the provisions of Section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971. The corresponding figures for those assisted to leave under the scheme operated by the Supplementary Benefits Commission are 129 and 72 and for those assisted under Section 90 of the Mental Health Act 1959, nine and four.
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how 413W many wives and children of immigrants settled on 1st January 1973 may still claim admission to the United Kingdom; and whether they are fully listed.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonLists of such wives and children are not available. It has never been the practice to publish estimates of this kind; and any forecast of future immigration would necessarily be speculative since numbers arriving may be affected by a wide variety of factors.