§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (1) (a) passengers and (b) visitors
Admissions of all passengers to the United Kingdom for certain nationalities Number India Pakistan Bangladesh Ghana Nigeria 1985 January 14,100 6,620 1,600 2,460 16,000 February 12,100 5,670 1,540 2,220 10,800 March 15,800 7,820 1,930 2,560 12,800 April 20,000 9,420 2,070 2,740 15,800 May 29,300 10,000 2,240 2,940 14,400 June 31,300 13,400 2,350 3,300 17,000 July 28,700 16,500 3,600 4,280 23,300 August 25,000 14,100 3,070 4,470 27,700 September 24,900 11,400 3,240 3,600 24,100 October 19,400 8,260 2,690 3,080 19,200 November 14,900 6,680 1,960 3,250 18,900 December 16,700 7,300 1,860 3,220 20,800 1986 January 15,700 6,780 1,870 3,040 20,500 February 14,200 5,720 1,670 2,510 17,100 March 17,100 7,670 2,020 2,490 19,000 April 21,400 9,290 2,100 2,780 18,600 May 29,800 10,100 2,540 3,000 21,100
Admissions of visitors to the United Kingdom for certain nationalities Number India Pakistan Bangladesh Ghana Nigeria 1985 January 6,280 3,320 440 1,390 8,860 February 6,480 3,240 400 1,500 8,020 March 8,940 4,860 540 1,880 9,620 April 12,100 6,030 680 1,810 11,200 May 22,400 7,010 820 2,080 10,800 June 24,300 10,700 1,250 2,380 12,400 July 22,000 13,300 1,790 3,250 18,800 August 17,200 10,100 1,480 3,250 22,200 September 16,400 7,180 1,190 2,320 16,900 October 13,300 5,960 1,060 2,180 14,600 November 9,360 4,390 700 2,500 14,700 December 10,200 4,780 790 2,410 15,700 1986 January 7,040 3,610 520 1,750 12,300 February 8,150 3,400 460 1,740 12,600 March 9,310 4,820 610 1,780 14,400 April 12,800 6,200 740 1,770 13,400 May 21,600 7,280 1,180 2,210 15,900
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers from (a) India, (b)
956Wfrom (i) India (ii) Pakistan (iii) Bangladesh (iv) Nigeria and (v) Ghana arrived in the United Kingdom in each month since January 1985;
(2) how many (a) passengers and (b) visitors in total have arrived in the United Kingdom since January.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe tables give, for citizens of the five countries requested, the latest available monthly figures of(a) total passengers and (b) visitors admitted to the United Kingdom. In the first five months of this year a total of 2.45 million passengers, excluding European Community nationals, were admitted, of whom 1.76 million were visitors. In addition, there were just over 10 million admissions of British citizens and other European Community nationals.
957WPakistan, (c) Bangladesh, (d) Ghana and (e) Nigeria were granted temporary admission in (i) 1985, (ii) the first quarter of the current year, (iii) the second quarter and (iv) up to the latest available date.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe statistics covering the number of passengers granted temporary admission are not subdivided by nationality.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many passengers in total have been granted temporary admission in each quarter of the current year;
(2) how many passengers refused entry to the United Kingdom were (a) detained, (b) given temporary admission and (c) given temporary admission to hotels in each quarter since January.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI shall reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers from (a) India, (b) Pakistan. (c) Bangladesh, (d) Ghana and (e) Nigeria failed to leave on the due date following a grant of temporary admission in (i) 1985, (ii) the first quarter of the current year, (iii) the second quarter of the current year, and up to the latest available date.
Grade Numbers Basic salary scales Terminal 3 Terminal 4 Minimum Maximum £ £ Assistant Chief Inspector 1 1 14,318 19,465 Inspector 4 3 12,979 15,182 Chief Immigration Officer 35 16 10,433 12,418 Immigration Officer 228 100 5,605 10,188 In addition, inspectors, chief immigration officers and immigration officers receive London weighting, premium pay for weekend working, overtime and a shift disturbance allowance which ranges from 121/2 per cent. to 161/2 of basic pay.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost per day of holding in detention a passenger refused entry to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr. Soley) on 22 July 1986, at columns147–48.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations have been made by right hon. and hon. Members to Ministers in his Department about (a) port refusals and (b) other immigration matters in each month since May.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI shall reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the total number of those, respectively, from the Indian subcontinent, Nigeria and Ghana who absconded during 1984, 1985 and during the first six months of 1986 having been given temporary admission, being refused entry into the United Kingdom as visitors; and what is the percentage in each of these three years of absconders amongst those granted temporary admission.
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§ Mr. WaddingtonFigures for the number of passengers who failed to leave on the date due following a grant of temporary admission are not maintained centrally by nationality. Available port records are as follows:
Heathrow (Terminal 3) Heathrow (Terminal 4) Gatwick 1985 1986 1985 1986 1985 1986 India 69 117 — 26 3 1 Pakistan 21 41 — 4 — 2 Bangladesh 100 172 — 7 3 2 Ghana 29 41 — 5 5 4 Nigeria 8 18 — — 3 4 Notes: Figures for 1986 at Gatwick and terminal 3 are from 1 January to 19 October I986. The figures for terminal 4 are from 12 April, when the terminal opened, to 19 October 1986.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers are now in post at (a) terminal 3 and (b) terminal 4 at Heathrow; and what are the grades and salaries of these officers.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information, on 30 September 1986, is as follows:
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information is not available in the form requested. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today to a question from the hon. Member for Battersea (Mr. Dubs).
§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors to the United Kingdom who arrived on 11, 12, 13, 14. 15, 16 and 17 October were obliged to wait for more than six hours before being examined by the Immigration Service; and how many who arrived on the corresponding dates in October 1985 were so obliged.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 21 October 1986]: I regret that the information requested is not available.