HC Deb 10 February 1977 vol 925 cc818-30W
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications by wives and children for settlement have been processed at each post in the subcontinent for each quarter of the last three years; and with what results.

Mr. Luard,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 621], gave the following information:

Numbers of the applications processed are given in the following tables. Precise and comparable figures are not available because the methods of recording applications have varied from time to time and from post to post.

MADRAS—PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM WIVES AND CHILDREN
Processed Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter … … 171 99 9 63
2nd quarter … … 172 147 2 23
3rd quarter … … 244 122 11 111
4th quarter … … 217 142 0 75
1975—
1st quarter … … 150 98 1 51
2nd quarter … … 161 105 1 55
3rd quarter … … 220 139 7 74
4th quarter … … 182 124 6 52
1976—
1st quarter … … 150 113 8 29
2nd quarter …… 204 156 5 43
3rd quarter … … 120 85 5 30
4th quarter … … 84 69 5 10
CALCUTTA—PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM WIVES AND CHILDREN
Processed Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter … … 48 48 0 0
2nd quarter … … 77 77 0 0
3rd quarter … … 55 55 0 0
4th quarter … … 71 65 5 1
1975—
1st quarter … … 66 64 0 2
2nd quarter … … 74 74 0 0
3rd quarter … … 52 52 0 0
4th quarter … … 51 44 2 5
1976—
1st quarter … … 57 57 0 0
2nd quarter … … 59 51 0 8
3rd quarter … … 64 57 0 7
4th quarter … … 52 52 0 0
DACCA—PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM WIVES AND CHILDREN
Processed Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter … … 892 141 172 579
2nd quarter … … 1,021 254 220 547
3rd quarter … … 1,017 277 120 620
4th quarter … … 959 225 59 675
1975—
1st quarter … … 1,419 634 76 709
2nd quarter … … 2,546 1,307 116 1,123
3rd quarter … … 2,799 1,417 165 1,217
4th quarter … … 2,357 1,148 219 990
1976—
1st quarter … … 2,667 1,116 266 1,285
2nd quarter … … 2,512 979 257 1,276
3rd quarter … … 2,790 685 604 1,501
4th quarter … … 2,168 481 539 1,148
ISLAMABAD—PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM WIVES AND CHILDREN
Processed Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter … … 2,088 928 159 1,001
2nd quarter … … 2,254 971 220 1,063
3rd quarter … … 1,932 695 344 893
4th quarter … … 2,323 1,009 375 939
1975—
1st quarter … … 2,438 1,389 365 684
2nd quarter … … 2,720 1,639 353 728
3rd quarter … … 2,907 1,730 371 806
4th quarter … … 3,556 2,425 345 786
1976—
1st quarter … … 4,099 2,721 373 1,005
2nd quarter … … 4,021 2,238 565 1,218
3rd quarter … … 3,880 1,614 924 1,342
4th quarter … … 4,266 2,047 953 1,266
KARACHI—PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM WIVES AND CHILDREN
Processed Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter … … 219 196 6 16
2nd quarter … … 174 126 19 30
3rd quarter … … 221 209 1 2
4th quarter … … 237 266 1 8
1975—
1st quarter … … 175 222 1 0
2nd quarter … … 238 238 5 17
3rd quarter … … 276 213 33 105
4th quarter … … 363 224 44 223
1976—
1st quarter … … 306 190 38 267
2nd quarter … … 204 153 49 173
3rd quarter … … 185 113 10 78
4th quarter … … 288 114 27 186

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many men and women have applied to come to the United Kingdom for marriage at each post in the subcontinent in each quarter of the last three years; and with what result.

DELHI ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 0 0 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 2 3 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 346 3 0 1
women … … … 1 1 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 599 10 3 3
women … … … 1 4 0 0
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 511 43 2 2
women … … … 2 3 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 358 83 5 3
women … … … 3 3 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 391 101 4 9
women … … … 2 2 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 375 161 2 5
women … … … 3 3 0 0
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 418 164 0 17
women … … … 1 1 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 465 265 0 22
women … … … 5 6 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 503 331 2 37
women … … … 1 1 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 469 346 5 32
women … … … 5 4 0 0

Mr. Luard,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report,26th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 621], gave the following information:

The following tables give figures, supplied by the posts concerned, showing applications and results. In some cases the results will not be recorded in the same quarter as the applications.

BOMBAY
ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 4 2 0 4
3rd quarter—
men … … … 9 8 0 3
women … … … 19 11 0 8
4th quarter—
men … … … 3 3 0 2
women … … … 14 11 0 8
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 47 13 0 29
women … … … 15 10 0 5
2nd quarter—
men … … … 218 63 0 132
women … … … 35 27 0 7
3rd quarter—
men … … … 284 91 5 185
women … … … 32 25 0 5
4th quarter—
men … … … 244 215 1 107
women … … … 16 11 1 5
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 240 185 5 58
women … … … 6 9 1 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 183 113 0 71
women … … … 6 5 0 1
3rd quarter—
men … … … 120 100 0 75
women … … … 9 7 0 3
4th quarter—
men … … … 110 97 3 70
women … … … 6 6 0 1
MADRAS ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … 1 0 1 0
women … … … 4 3 0 1
2nd quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 1 1 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 1 0 1 0
women … … … 2 1 0 1
4th quarter—
men … … … 2 1 0 1
women … … … 6 1 0 5
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 9 4 0 5
women … … … 2 1 0 1
2nd quarter—
men … … … 2 1 0 1
women … … … 1 1 0 0
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
3rd quarter—
men … … … 8 3 0 5
women … … … 4 2 0 2
4th quarter—
men … … … 4 2 0 2
women … … … 1 0 0 1
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 7 5 0 2
women … … … 2 2 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 5 3 0 2
women … … … 1 1 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 2 1 1 0
women … … … 4 4 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 2 1 0 1
women … … … 0 0 0 0
CALCUTTA
ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
3rd quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 4 4 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 5 5 0 0
women … … … 0 0 0 0
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 2 1 1 0
women … … … 3 3 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 3 2 1 0
women … … … 2 2 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 12 12 0 0
women … … … 1 1 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 7 7 0 0
women … … … 0 0 0 0
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 4 4 0 0
women … … … 2 2 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 9 9 0 0
women … … … 2 2 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 5 3 0 2
women … … … 2 2 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 4 3 0 1
women … … … 3 1 0 2
DACCA
ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
3rd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
4th quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 1 0 0 1
women … … … 6 6 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 1 0 0 1
women … … … 12 12 0 0
3rd quarter—
men … … … 3 3 0 0
women … … … 16 16 0 0
4th quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 9 9 0 0
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 0 0 0 0
women … … … 4 4 0 0
2nd quarter—
men … … … 3 2 0 0
women … … … 4 4 0 1
3rd quarter—
men … … … 2 1 0 0
women … … … 0 0 0 1
4th quarter—
men … … … 2 1 0 3
women … … … 4 1 0 1
ISLAMABAD
ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … …… Not available
women … … …
3rd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
4th quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … … … 140 24 1 30
women … … … Not available
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
3rd quarter—
men … … … 118 35 0 49
women … … … Not available
4th quarter—
men … … … 164 47 1 29
women … … … Not available
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 201 74 5 34
women … … … Not available
2nd quarter—
men … … … 217 104 5 31
women … … … Not available
3rd quarter—
men … … … 188 60 9 45
women … … … 73 53 3 17
4th quarter—
men … … … 180 109 14 21
women … … … 115 83 2 30
KARACHI
ENTRY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS FROM FIANCES AND FIANCEES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Received Granted Refused Referred/Deferred for Enquiries
1974—
1st quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
2nd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
3rd quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
4th quarter—
men … … … Not available
women … … …
1975—
1st quarter—
men … … … 30 Not available
women … … … 7
2nd quarter—
men … … … 30 Not available
women … … … 3
3rd quarter—
men … … … 18 Not available
women … … … 4
4th quarter—
men … … … 13 Not available
women … … … 4
1976—
1st quarter—
men … … … 15 Not available
women … … … 2
2nd quarter—
men … … … 20 Not available
women … … … 5
3rd quarter—
men … … … 26 17 1 6
women … … … 10 12 0 10
4th quarter—
men … … … 18 11 6 15
women … … … 11 9 0 3

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