§ Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers of New Commonwealth citizens who have been accepted for settlement as (a) parents and (b) grandparents of immigrants already in the United Kingdom in the latest available 12-month period.
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§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonParents and grandparents accepted for settlement on arrival are not separately recorded. Provisional figures show that during the period January-December 1975, 272 citizens of new Commonwealth countries were accepted for settlement by removal of time limit as parents, and nine as grandparents, of persons settled in this country.
§ Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he estimates would be the effect on the numbers of children of New Commonwealth immigrants coming in if the age of entitlement were lowered to 12, 11 or 10 years, respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonNo such estimates have been made.
§ Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, in the latest available 12-month period, is the number of New Commonwealth men admitted or accepted for settlement as (a) husbands and (b) fiancés of women already settled in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonProvisional figures show that during the period January-December 1975, 1,351 citizens of new Commonwealth countries were admitted for settlement as the husbands of women settled in the United Kingdom, and 3,083 were accepted for settlement by reason of marriage to women settled here, after being given limited leave to enter as fiancés or for some other purpose.