§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number and country of origin, of husbands and fiancés gaining entry to Great Britain lawfully whose wives or fiancées have (a) been born in Great Britain and (b) were born elsewhere, and the equivalent figures for wives and fiancées gaining entry, over each of the last 10 years, and what these numbers represent as a percentage of the immigrant population as a whole.
§ Mr. WhitelawInformation on acceptances for settlement by reason of marriage of men and women analysed by citizenship/nationality is published annually in "Control of Immigration Statistics—tables 3, 4, 12 and 13 of the issue for 1978, Cmnd. 7565. Information on the age, sex and ethnic group of the population of New Commonwealth and Pakistani ethnic origin is published in "Population Trends", No. 9, pages 4–7, but precise information by reference to the birth place of their spouses on those accepted for settlement on marriage is not available centrally.