HL Deb 17 February 1981 vol 417 c675WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many women were registered as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies by the British High Commission in India on the grounds of marriage to a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in each of the last five years.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Belstead)

Complete figures for 1980 are not yet available. The numbers registered in the years 1975–1979 were as follows:

Year Number registered
1975 141
1976 148
1977 139
1978 116
1979 172