§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 452, when he expects to be able to supply the information on visa applications from Bosnian citizens offered in his answer.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydFor the period 9 November to 4 December, the first months operation of the visa requirement for nationals of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 663 visa applications for the United Kingdom, for both visits and settlement, were received at our posts at Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Rome, Milan, Dusseldorf, Paris and Sofia. A total of 182 applications were refused. This figure includes the 166 visa applicants in the convoy arranged by the ALERT group whose applications were refused by the Home Office.
I regret it is not possible to identify the number of visa applications that have been refused from applicants with relatives in the United Kingdom. The method of recording 22W statistics at post worldwide does not allow us to give the precise detail which the hon. Member has requested without disproportionate expense.