Visa Fees

HC Deb 11 July 1990 vol 176 cc204-5W

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the income from visa fees for each of the offices in the United Kingdom from 1980 to the present for each year inclusive.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the total income received from fees for visas issued in the United Kingdom for the financial years 1981–82 to 1984–85 inclusive and by office for the financial years 1985–86 to 1989–90 inclusive.

	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90
Glasgow	—	—	—	—	29,601	33,905	39,588	139,000	165,400
Belfast	—	—	—	—	971	1,856	2,493	3,080	2,816
Lunar House	—	—	—	—	n.a.	27,000	65,000	77,000	99,000
1 Estimated.