HC Deb 06 February 1986 vol 91 cc227-8W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations about

Appeals against refusal of leave to enter at ports of entry allowed and dismissed, 1981–1985
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Adjudicators
Appeals allowed 65 60 44 72 65
Appeals dismissed 987 659 553 608 616
Total determined 1,052 719 597 680 681
Tribunal

stop orders or deportation he received from right hon. and hon. Members in 1985 and each of the previous 10 years; how many of these were made in writing; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waddington

The available information concerns the number of passengers on whose behalf hon. and right hon. Members have made representations against a decision to refuse entry, and is shown in the table:

Numbers
1983 2,518
1984 3,532
1985 5,694

Comparable figures are not available for earlier years, but the number of representations in this category were running at about 1,000 a year from 1980 to 1982.

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