§ Ms Jenny JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for visit visas made in(a) India and (b) Pakistan were refused from 1 January to 30 April; and how many of the refused applications gave the reason for seeking entry as (i) attending a family funeral, (ii) attending a family wedding and (iii) visiting a seriously ill relative. [124462]
§ Mr. VazThe number of visit visa applications refused between 1 January and 30 April 2000 were as follows:
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Number India Bombay 1,820 Calcutta 32 Madras 449 New Delhi 3,251 Pakistan Islamabad 2,224 Karachi 1,392 Detailed information on the nature of these applications is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.