HC Deb 15 June 1992 vol 209 cc376-7W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a request was received from the British High Commission in Zambia for inquiries to be made following an application to enter the United Kingdom as a priest from Mr. Ismail Ebrahim Bhulla (Ref. GV100/13333); when the reply was sent to Zambia; what recommendation has been made on this application; when a decision is to be considered; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The high commission referred the application on 20 February and the request was received in the Home Office on 3 March. I am sorry that there was a delay in dealing with the case. I shall resolve the application as quickly as possible and I will write to the hon. Member when we have done so.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the current list of outstanding cases in each of the divisions at the immigration and nationality department in Croydon and Liverpool.

Mr. Charles Wardle

At the beginning of June the number of outstanding applications in the caseworking divisions was as follows:

Number
General immigration casework 22,595
Asylum and related casework 61,891
Nationality 52,811