§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the quota figures to allow more people from India to enter the United Kingdom each year under the special voucher scheme; how many are currently waiting to be issued with vouchers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonThis matter is kept under review. At the end of last year 5.144 applicants for special vouchers in India had yet to be offered them.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from (a) East Africa and (b) India entered the United Kingdom under the special voucher system for the last year for which figures are available; and how this compares with the figures for the previous five years.
§ Mr. RaisonThe total number of United Kingdom passport holders admitted to the United Kingdom holding special vouchers is published annually in the Command Paper"Control of immigration: statistics"—footnote(a) to table 3 (a) of the issue for 1979 (Cmnd. 7875). Figures for the first three quarters of 1980 and for the years 1977–79 inclusive are given in table 2 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/80. It is not the practice to disclose the figures for individual countries.