§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will publish a table showing the number of work permit holders with permits for 12 months or less admitted in 1983 by nationality;
(2) whether he will publish a table showing the number of work permit holders with permits for 12 months or more admitted in 1983 by nationality.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe readily available information, which will be published next week in table 1 of the annual Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom, 1983" is given in the table below.
Work Permit holders admitted to the United Kingdom by Nationality, 1983
Country or territory issuing passport Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months Commonwealth Australia 210 170 Bangladesh 10 10 Barbados * 20 Canada 190 300 Cyprus 10 40 Ghana 10 30 Guyana — 10 Hong Kong 190 20 India 140 360 Jamaica * 100 Kenya 10 * Malaysia 30 20 Malta 10 * Mauritius * — New Zealand 70 30 Nigeria 30 120 Sierra Leone — * Singapore 20 * Sri Lanka 10 * Tanzania * — Trinidad and Tobago 10 10 Uganda * * West Indies Associated States — 10 Zambia * * Zimbabwe * 10 British Overseas Citizens 10 10 All other Commonwealth territories * * Commonwealth 960 1,260
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Nationals of Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months Foreign Algeria * * Argentina 10 20
Nationals of Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months Austria 40 220 Brazil 20 50 Bulgaria * * Chile * 10 China 20 10 Colombia 10 10 Cuba * * Czechoslovakia 10 280 Egypt 20 80 Ethiopia — * Finland 70 50 German Democratic Republic * 30 Hungary * 120 Indonesia * 50 Iran 40 10 Iraq 10 10 Israel 40 260 Japan 780 250 Jordan 10 * Lebanon 30 30 Libya * 10 Mexico 10 20 Morocco * 40 Norway 90 80 Pakistan 40 60 Peru * * Philippines 10 10 Poland 20 90 Portugal 20 80 Romania — 10 Saudia Arabia 10 * Somalia * — South Africa 60 70 Spain 50 130 Sudan * * Sweden 220 290 Switzerland 90 100 Syria 10 20 Thailand 20 * Tunisia * * Turkey 30 50 United States of America 1,730 3,840 USSR * 40 Uruguay * * Venezuela * 10 Yugoslavia 20 40 Other foreign countries 180 210 Stateless Foreign 3,770 6,720 All nationalities 4,720 7,980 * Less than 5. — Nil.