HC Deb 26 March 1980 vol 981 cc571-3W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the places in the United Kingdom to which persons resident or staying in Greater London were invited to travel for the purpose of interviews concerned with entry clearance and related matters; and how many such interviews were carried out at each location in 1979.

Mr. Raison

According to where they live in the Greater London area and the availability of immigration service staff at offices in and around this area persons may be invited to travel for interview at any of the following offices:

Location Number of Interviews in 1979
Adelaide House (London Bridge) 61
Gravesend 210
Harmondsworth (Heathrow) 342
Sheerness 1,653

Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the places in the United Kingdom where the imigration service is located; and how many interviews concerned with entry clearance and related matters were carried out at each location in 1979.

Mr. Raison

Ports where members of the immigration service are stationed are listed below under their district organisa- tion. Numbers of interviews concerned with entry clearances are given for districts as these are not readly available from individual ports.

Districts

North East

  • Blyth
  • Goole
  • Grimsby
  • Hartlepool
  • Hull
  • Immingham
  • Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle on Tyne
  • Newcastle airport
  • South Shields

Number of Interviews in 1979, 369.

East Anglia

  • Felixstowe
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Harwich
  • Norwich airport

Number of Interviews in 1979, 29.

Metropolitan

  • Gravesend
  • London (Adelaide House)
  • Sheerness
  • Southend airport

Number of Interviews in 1979, 1,924.

London Airports

  • Harmondsworth
  • Heathrow
  • Gatwick
  • Newhaven

Number of Interviews in 1979, 360.

Midlands Airports

  • Birmingham airport
  • East Midlands airport
  • Luton airport
  • Stansted airport

Number of Interviews in 1979, 1,337.

South Eastern

  • Dover
  • Folkestone
  • Lydd airport
  • Ramsgate Hoverport

Number of Interviews in 1979, 13.

Southern

  • Bournemouth airport
  • Portsmouth
  • Southampton

Number of Interviews in 1979, 47.

South Western

  • Avonmouth
  • Barry
  • Bristol airport
  • Cardiff
  • Falmouth
  • Milford Haven
  • Newport
  • Plymouth
  • Swansea

Number of Interviews in 1979, 73.

North Western

  • Liverpool
  • Manchester airport
  • Preston

Number of Interviews in 1979, 348.

Scotland and Northern Ireland

  • Aberdeen airport
  • Belfast
  • Edinburgh airport
  • Glasgow
  • Glasgow airport
  • Prestwick airport

Number of Interviews in 1979, 51.

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