§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
On what dates the applications for special quota vouchers were originally submitted of those United Kingdom passport holders who were invited for interview in each of the months of 1983, and of 1984 to the latest invitations sent out, for the priority and ordinary queues respectively.
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§ Lord TrefgarneThe following is the information:
Invited for interview Ordinary queue application date Priority queue (Dependants age 70+) application date 1983 January Mid April/early May 1976 July/December 1979 February Early May 1976 January-June 1980 March Early/mid May 1976 June-September 1980 April Mid May 1976 September 1980–Feburary 1981 May Mid/late May 1976 March 1981–April 1982 June Late May/early June 1976 All existing cases cleared during June/July 1983 July Early/mid June 1976 Following ministerial decision in March last year, which took effect in August, eligibility for the priority queue was widened by reducing the qualifying age from 70 to 65. Those benefiting have now been invited for interview with the following results. August Mid June 1976 June 1976–January 1977 September Mid/late June 1976 June 1976-January 1977 October Late June/early July 1976 January-February 1977 November Early/mid July 1976 March-April 1977 December Mid July/early August 1976 May-November 1977 1984 January Early/mid August 1976 December 1977-April 1978 February Mid August/early September 1976 April-July 1978 March Early September/early October 1976 September 1978–April 1979 April Early/mid October 1976 May-November 1979 May Mid October/early November 1976 November 1979–August 1981