HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 cc344-5W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs further to his answer of 10 April 2001,Official Report, column 529W. on entry clearance, what proportion of the cases in which he intervened pertain to families of individuals known to him personally; and if he will make a statement. [158811]

Mr. Vaz

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27 April 2001,Official Report, column 420W.

Ms Oona King

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for how long on average a person who applied for entry clearance for settlement in(a) June 2000, (b) July 2000, (c) August 2000, (d) September 2000, (e) October 2000, (f) November 2000, (g) December 2000, (h) January 2001, (i) February 2001 and (j) March 2001 will have to wait for an interview in each queue at each post in the Indian sub-continent. [160093]

Mr. Vaz

The statistics are as follows:

Waiting times in weeks for settlement applications
2000 2001
Post/Queue June July August September October November December January February March
Dhaka
Q1 20 22 22 18 16 14 14 12 14 16
Q2 28 30 28 28 26 24 21 20 22 24
Q3 20 22 22 18 16 14 14 12 12 16
Q4 44 44 42 44 40 36 35 35 34 38
Islamabad
Q1 5 5 4 5 3.5 3 4 0 7 5
Q2 20.5 19 19 18.5 18 18 17 0 15 13
Q3 29 27 25.5 24 22 22 20 0 18 16
Q4 36 36 33 31 31 29 28 0 25 23
Calcutta1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colombo1 10 8 8 7 10 0 0 5 5 4
Karachi1 3 7 9 8 10 12 11 12 8 5
Madras1 8 6 7 5 3 7 7 6 7 7
1Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi and Madras operate as a single settlement queue

Notes:

Q1—Right of abode cases and Dependant Relatives over 65

Q2—Spouses and Children under 18

Q3—Fiance(e)s and other First Time Applicants

Q4—Re-applicants