§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the number of children who have been DNA tested for immigration 167W purposes in (a) Pakistan, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) India and (d) Bangladesh in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerI have been asked to reply.
The available information is given in the table. Information on the number of DNA tests on children in Sri Lanka is not collected centrally.
Number of DNA tests on children in the Indian sub-continent carried out under the Government scheme, 1991–1993 Number of children Country where application made 1991 1992 1993 Bangladesh (Dhaka) 760 1,040 790 Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi) 440 580 410 India (Bombay, New Delhi,Calcutta, Madras) 30 20 110 Total Indian sub-continent 1,230 1,640 1,320 All figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Columns may not sum due to rounding.