§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prohibited from entering the United Kingdom under paragraph 320 of the immigration rules in each year since 1979; and on what grounds. [3684]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe statistics available on reasons for refusal relate only to passengers refused and removed at ports in the United Kingdom since 1988. Those reasons for refusal which are wholly or partly linked to paragraph 320 of the rules are given in the table. Corresponding information for earlier years and for entry clearance refusals is not available.
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Passengers refused leave to enter and removed at United Kingdom ports for selected reasons for refusal Main reason for refusal (as recorded in the statistics) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 21993 21994 21995 Work permit obtained by deception, or holder of forged, falsified or stolen permit 3 3 9 10 1 6 5 8 Medically undesirable 104 86 26 21 9 2 7 4 Convicted of extradition crime 79 74 83 51 40 22 12 8 Subject of deportation order 49 37 34 28 24 23 21 25 Exclusion conducive to the public good 243 393 631 888 808 886 269 241 No passport or acceptable identity document 415 463 621 732 817 1,068 1,789 1,584 Spurious passport and not qualified for entry 486 408 447 542 386 323 461 256 Lack of UK visa (other than for settlement)1 3,090 3,151 3,889 3,921 2,149 1,885 1,636 1,977 Claiming admission as returning resident but not qualified 54 57 55 59 40 31 37 21 1Including visa set aside on grounds of misrepresentation, forgery, failure to disclose facts or where a change of circumstances has removed the right of admission. 2Data are incomplete.