HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc23-4W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons travelling by coach from Poland in the past six months have been refused entry at Dover; and what is the gender breakdown of these refusals. [104755]

Mrs. Roche

Statistics are not kept of the numbers of persons refused entry having travelled by coach, or of the gender breakdown of these refusals. A total of 1,934 Polish nationals were refused leave to enter at Dover between June and December 1999.

Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of passengers travelling from Poland by coach, via Dover, are interviewed by immigration officials; and of those what proportion are(a) male and (b) female. [104753]

Mrs. Roche

All Polish nationals (and other non-European Union nationals travelling from Poland) seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom are interviewed by an immigration officer. Statistics on the gender of passengers are not kept.