§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will indicate for each week in 1988 the number of passengers arriving at(a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Dover holding entry clearance and arriving from each of (i) India, (ii) Pakistan, (iii) Bangladesh, (iv) Ghana and (v) Nigeria.
§ Mr. Renton[holding answer 13 February 1989]: The available information is compiled only on a monthly basis and relates to total admissions of passengers excluding those exempt from requiring entry clearance. The data available for 1988 is given in the following table.
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Nationality January February March April August September Gatwick India 500 500 800 400 1,600 1,400 Pakistan 500 400 400 600 1,100 1,000 Bangladesh 40 30 40 20 90 70 Ghana 300 200 300 200 500 600 Nigeria 2,700 1,700 2,000 1,000 3,700 3,600 Dover India 140 140 170 380 1,510 920 Pakistan 130 100 130 190 650 350 Bangladesh 20 20 10 60 120 70 Ghana 20 30 30 30 90 80 Nigeria 50 40 60 50 130 110 1 Provisional estimates, reasons. Estimates for May, June and July are not yet available due to delays in the counting of landing cards for technical reasons