HC Deb 30 July 1976 vol 916 cc504-6W
Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizens of each of the following countries have been admitted and how many refused leave to enter in each of last nine months for which this information is available: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Cyprus, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rhodesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka; and how many

COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM APRIL TO DECEMBER 1975
April May June July August Sept. October Nov. Dec.
Australia … 22,254 28,717 31,859 31,083 33,675 28,651 19,963 13,693 18,125
Bangladesh … 910 1,188 1,448 1,644 1,418 1,795 1,317 1,216 1,336
Canada … 24,760 37,041 41,446 50,564 46,048 40,956 24,971 15,670 16,417
Cyprus … 1,344 1,251 1,492 2,633 2,504 2,894 1,570 1,189 1,604
Ghana … 1,040 1,119 1,305 2,004 2,487 2,394 1,626 1,240 1,393
Hong Kong … 1,688 1,577 1,957 3,266 4,123 3,712 1,554 1,076 1,356
India … 9,849 11,899 12,750 12,196 12,960 13,177 10,960 7,948 9,132
Jamaica … 1,746 2,036 2,992 4,730 7,133 4,097 2,834 1,952 1,955
Kenya … 1,480 1,407 1,750 1,917 2,539 2,498 1,363 1,004 1,109
Malaysia … 3,069 2,628 3,257 3,960 5,364 8,734 3,213 1,661 2,307
Malta … 1,091 1,338 1,554 3,118 3,704 2,285 1,522 1,112 1,505
Mauritius … 1,328 1,485 1,708 2,743 3,172 2,185 1,179 917 1,540
New Zealand … 5,354 5,989 6,921 6,578 7,330 6,391 4,802 3,113 3,172
Nigeria … 3,211 3,157 4,077 7,328 7,787 6,828 3,837 3,174 3,975
Pakistan … 3,846 4,521 4,958 6,059 5,525 5,590 4,030 3,970 3,963
Rhodesia … 131 120 123 210 370 374 137 49 124
Singapore … 1,288 2,008 2,963 1,922 1,778 2,365 1,362 883 1,030
Sri Lanka … 1,117 1,067 1,329 1,423 1,876 2,299 1,296 850 996
U.K.P.H. … 2,399 2,553 2,760 3,421 4,308 4,047 2,511 2,035 2,647

COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN REFUSED LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM—APRIL TO DECEMBER 1975
April May June July August Sept. October Nov. Dec.
Australia … 5 1 5 6 7 3 4 1 2
Bangladesh … 27 24 28 34 20 36 35 45 50
Canada … 3 4 2 2 5 4 11 4 2
Cyprus … 25 16 23 29 47 34 45 31 29
Ghana … 25 19 19 46 26 40 28 16 22
Hong Kong … 10 7 10 15 6 4 7 8 10
India … 45 68 93 89 90 68 80 79 99
Jamaica … 1 1 1 1 — — 4 1 2
Kenya … 11 2 7 6 5 5 5 9 1
Malaysia … 5 5 11 8 13 7 10 7 8
Malta … — — — 1 — 2 2 7 2
Mauritius … 23 32 45 20 24 22 17 16 62
New Zealand … — — — — 1 — — — —
Nigeria … 43 45 84 102 121 65 59 35 109
Pakistan … 45 65 72 82 77 85 86 55 102
Rhodesia … 5 1 5 3 2 17 3 7 5
Singapore … 2 1 2 2 3 — — 2 3
Sri Lanka … 5 4 6 4 6 9 4 7 13
U.K.P.H. … 17 17 35 26 15 29 23 18 16

United Kingdom passport holders were similarly refused leave.

Dr. Summerskill

The information for each of the nine months ending 31st December 1975 is given in the following tables: