§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details for each year from 1980 to 1990 of the number of people applying for entry clearance certificates both for a temporary visit and for permanent settlement at British High Commissions in(a) Jamaica, (b) Barbados, (c) Trinidad and Tobago and (d) Guyana and the numbers refused a certificate.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe number applying for visitor entry clearances at the four posts, with the number refused, is as follows:
Jamaica Barbados Applied Refused Applied Refused 1983 4,247 297 3,342 n/a 1984 3,556 293 4,148 n/a 1985 3,695 340 4,120 n/a 1986 4,159 565 3,373 182 1987 3,084 619 2,322 1120 1988 3,121 342 1,489 1100 1989 2,399 387 1,466 1103 1990 2,634 298 1,037 1114 1 I Refusal figures for Barbados are for both settlement and visit. n/a = not available.
No figures are available prior to 1983.
Trinidad Guyana Applied Refused Applied Refused 1983 5,382 24 n/a n/a 1984 5,819 17 n/a n/a 1985 3,546 22 n/a n/a 1986 2,098 20 1,807 109 1987 1,863 70 1,461 93 1988 1,561 83 1,472 81 1989 1,035 91 1,487 153 1990 852 106 1,063 76 n/a = not available.
No figures are available prior to 1983.
The number applying for settlement entry clearances with the number refused is as follows:
Jamaica Barbados Applied Refused Applied Refused 1983 371 67 111 n/a 1984 331 58 90 n/a 1985 324 77 102 n/a 1986 377 65 90 1 1987 396 60 86 1 1988 408 44 62 1 1989 318 63 51 1 1990 498 116 119 1 1 Refusal figures for Barbados are for both settlement and visit. n/a = not available.
No figures are available prior to 1983.
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Trinidad and Tobago Guyana Applied Refused Applied Refused 1983 49 7 n/a n/a 1984 53 5 n/a n/a 1985 92 3 n/a n/a 1986 74 3 105 18 1987 60 2 96 11 1988 92 5 92 10 1989 44 9 126 11 1990 102 8 110 14 n/a = not available.
No figures are available prior to 1983.