HC Deb 21 January 1993 vol 217 cc331-2W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many clearance visas were granted to(a) women and (b) men for the purposes of joining a fiancé(e) or spouse in 1992.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Data on entry clearance applications and decisions by category of applicant are only available centrally for the Indian sub-continent. The data that are available for 1992 are given in the table.

Applications granted1 for entry clearance to the United Kingdom by whether Spouse or Fiancé(e) in the Indian sub-continent 1992
Number of applicants
Applications granted
Period Wives Fiancées Husbands Fiancés
1992
Ql 1,553 108 513 69
Q2 1,195 76 668 56
Q3 1,287 83 1,376 57
Q4 n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a not yet available.

1 Granted initially or on appeal.

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