HC Deb 25 November 1987 vol 123 c205W
Mr. McTaggart

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many work permits have been refused to foreign nationals, other than those from the EEC and the Republic of Ireland; and which were the six main countries of origin of those so refused, for each year since 1978.

Mr. Lee

This information is not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.