§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Macclesfield of 5 February, Official Report, c. 217, he will take steps to estimate levels of immigration for settlement from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer my hon. Friend to our replies to him of 29 January, [Vol. 16, c.452]—and 5 February [Vol. 17, c. 217].
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Macclesfield of 5 February, Official Report, c. 217, how many dependants from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan have entered the United Kingdom for permanent settlement in each of the last five years; and if he will express these numbers as a percentage of total New Commonwealth and Pakistan immigration for settlement.
§ Mr. RaisonInformation is not available in the form requested. The available information based on tables 12 and 13 of "Control of Immigration Statistics, 1980"—Cmnd. 8199—is given in the following table.