HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 cc348-55W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which(a) an appeal was received, (b) a refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt of an appeal and (c) an appeal was despatched in April; [160463]

(2) if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa applications (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused in April. [160461]

Mr. Vaz

[holding answer 8 May 2001]: Statistical information is received monthly only from the 100 largest posts. The remaining 64 posts submit information on an annual basis. To answer this question for all 164 posts we would have to ask the annual reporting posts to provide the information requested. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.

The monthly reporting posts are not required to submit statistical information on any given month until the middle of the following month. So information for April is not yet available. I will write to the hon. Member when it becomes available.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visit visa applications were(a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused by (i) the largest 100 entry clearance posts and (ii) all entry clearance posts in the first quarter of 2001. [160462]

Mr. Vaz

[holding answer 8 May 2001]: (i) Our latest information from the 100 largest entry clearance posts which submit monthly statistical data is shown in the table.

Family visit visa applications 2001—top 100 posts
Applications received Applications determined
January February March January February March
1. Abidjan 19 29 16 20 22 19
2. Abu Dhabi 24 34 34 23 35 34
3. Abuja 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
4. Accra 753 1,694 1,857 685 782 1,962
5. Addis Ababa 31 12 15 39 11 15
6. Almaly 36 13 20 37 13 20
7. Amman 426 85 58 0 85 58
8. Amsterdam 38 34 34 38 34 34
9. Ankara 29 38 19 29 38 19
10. Bahrain 16 10 2 16 10 2
11. Baku 19 9 8 19 9 8
12. Bandar Seri Begawan 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
13. Bangkok 80 173 361 73 154 277
14. Banjul 38 34 49 40 31 32
15. Beirut 92 62 82 89 62 78
16. Belgrade 258 391 320 4 352 290
17. Bogota 33 33 47 33 33 47
18. Bombay 619 1,070 1,787 619 1,070 1,791
19. Bratislava 50 122 184 50 118 171
20. Brussels 14 10 35 4 7 22
21. Bucharest 58 85 109 59 90 110
22. Budapest 6 7 5 6 7 5
23. Cairo 137 145 146 129 142 143
24. Calcutta 94 118 222 97 120 225
25. Canberra 7 15 15 7 16 15
26. Casablanca 117 119 115 110 116 115
27. Chicago 141 176 200 119 162 190
28. Colombo 70 74 161 70 74 49
29. Copenhagen 44 36 42 44 36 39
30. Damascus 0 0 15 0 0 15
31. Dar Es Salaam 107 104 191 107 104 191
32. Dhaka 451 490 502 348 415 437
33. Doha 49 31 24 49 31 24
34. Dubai 71 79 75 75 81 51
35. Dublin 36 21 20 36 18 18
36. Dusseldorf 106 272 383 100 246 332
37. Ekaterinburg 11 16 24 11 16 24
38. Geneva 25 74 63 21 67 61
39. Georgetown 33 74 63 33 25 61
40. Guangzhou 121 143 1— 90 91 1—
41. Hanoi 4 3 5 4 3 4
42. Harare 0 1 1— 0 1 1—
43. Havana 3 0 0 3 0 0
44. Hong Kong 32 34 40 32 37 5
45. Islamabad 2,326 2,225 3,411 1,512 1,120 2,864
46. Istanbul 430 453 227 485 522 231
47. Jakarta 36 58 62 37 56 61
48. Jedda 0 0 0 0 0 0
49. Jerusalem 5 9 13 5 29 13
50. Kampala 116 102 156 120 84 142
51. Karachi 575 420 495 460 82 495
52. Kathmandu 0 1 0 0 0 0
53. Khartoum 44 15 45 15 16 49
54. Kiev 83 1— 1— 20 1— 1—
55. Kingston 52 68 130 46 70 132
56. Kuala Lumpur 14 12 20 13 13 20
57. Kuwait 200 43 28 200 43 28
58. Lagos 1,147 1,193 1,718 901 1,293 1,509
59. Lima 12 27 29 12 30 29
60. Los Angeles 0 216 320 0 216 320
61. Luanda 8 2 14 8 2 3
62. Lusaka 0 55 65 0 19 65
63. Madras 217 229 490 233 226 544
64. Madrid 26 37 26 26 37 26
65. Manila 0 129 1— 0 129 1—
66. Minsk 0 14 20 0 14 18

(ii) the remaining 64 posts submit information on an annual basis. To answer this question for all 164 posts we would have to ask the annual reporting posts to provide the information requested. This could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Family visit visa applications 2001—top 100 posts
Applications received Applications determined
January February March January February March
67. Moscow 237 214 286 228 191 268
68. Muscat 75 39 65 72 39 65
69. Nairobi 156 164 203 156 164 203
70. New Delhi 913 1,153 1,335 907 1,129 1,244
71. New York 533 558 650 511 549 635
72. Nicosia 0 1— 1— 0 1— 1—
73. Oslo 30 44 92 27 42 89
74. Ottawa 475 278 364 442 185 255
75. Paris 286 253 296 0 248 328
76. Peking 109 63 288 94 51 288
77. Port Louis 80 136 275 80 136 275
78. Port of Spain 5 0 20 5 0 20
79. Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0
80. Pretoria 27 25 9 20 13 11
81. Quito 24 14 17 24 14 16
82. Riga 11 6 1— 11 12 1—
83. Riyadh 8 15 1— 12 20 1—
84. Rome 63 90 99 61 80 92
85. Sana'a 20 13 12 20 10 11
86. Sarajevo 61 119 159 61 119 159
87. Shanghai 10 30 116 10 30 116
88. Singapore 21 26 39 24 25 37
89. Sofia 89 118 120 74 117 114
90. St. Petersburg 0 0 65 0 0 65
91. Sto Domingo 6 0 0 6 0 0
92. Stockholm 89 103 105 129 123 116
93. Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. Tashkent 13 5 13 13 5 13
95. Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0
96. Tehran 0 0 1— 0 0 0
97. Tirana 21 21 15 15 23 15
98. Tokyo 5 5 11 5 4 12
99. Tunis 97 92 105 87 70 105
100. Valletta 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
Total 13,053 14,862 19,376 10,555 12,164 18,094
1Information not yet received from posts

Applications issued Applications refused
January February March January February March
1. Abidjan 19 21 18 1 1 1
2. Abu Dhabi 17 29 32 6 6 2
3. Abuja 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
4. Accra 277 757 1,060 408 25 902
5. Addis Ababa 14 6 10 25 5 5
6. Almaly 37 13 20 0 0 0
7. Amman 0 84 57 0 1 1
8. Amsterdam 32 30 32 6 4 2
9. Ankara 28 38 17 1 0 2
10. Bahrain 16 10 0 0 0 2
11. Baku 18 9 7 1 0 1
12. Bandar Seri Begawan 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
13. Bangkok 45 131 253 28 23 24
14. Banjul 32 20 20 8 11 12
15. Beirut 87 61 77 2 1 1
16. Belgrade 0 347 289 4 5 1
17. Bogota 25 29 46 8 4 1
18. Bombay 454 874 1,419 165 196 372
19. Bratislava 47 115 171 3 3 0
20. Brussels 3 5 22 1 2 0
21. Bucharest 48 82 102 11 8 8
22. Budapest 5 7 4 1 0 1
23. Cairo 113 124 132 16 18 11
24. Calcutta 95 116 224 2 4 1
25. Canberra 4 13 15 3 3 0
26. Casablanca 105 114 106 5 2 9
27. Chicago 119 162 190 0 0 0
28. Colombo 32 48 0 38 26 49
29. Copenhagen 44 36 39 0 0 0
30. Damascus 0 0 11 0 0 4
31. Dar Es Salaam 93 83 172 14 21 19

Applications issued Applications refused
January February March January February March
32. Dhaka 203 227 234 145 188 203
33. Doha 46 31 21 3 0 3
34. Dubai 47 47 33 28 34 18
35. Dublin 34 16 17 2 2 1
36. Dusseldorf 94 241 332 6 5 0
37. Ekaterinburg 11 16 24 0 0 0
38. Geneva 20 66 57 1 1 4
39. Georgetown 28 20 57 5 5 4
40. Guangzhou 84 85 1— 6 6 1—
41. Hanoi 2 1 1 2 2 3
42. Harare 0 0 1— 0 1 1—
43. Havana 3 0 0 0 0 0
44. Hong Kong 27 32 3 5 5 2
45. Islamabad 1,112 1,059 1,664 400 61 1,200
46. Istanbul 424 451 207 61 71 24
47. Jakarta 33 50 49 4 6 12
48. Jedda 0 0 0 0 0 0
49. Jerusalem 5 9 13 0 20 0
50. Kampala 100 59 114 20 25 28
51. Karachi 397 19 345 63 63 150
52. Kathmandu 0 0 0 0 0 0
53. Khartoum 5 6 45 10 10 4
54. Kiev 1— 1— 1— 20 1— 1—
55. Kingston 35 59 118 11 11 14
56. Kuala Lumpur 10 11 12 3 2 8
57. Kuwait 196 39 23 4 4 5
58. Lagos 688 1,143 1,316 213 150 193
59. Lima 8 26 28 4 4 1
60. Los Angeles 0 216 318 0 0 2
61. Luanda 8 1 3 0 1 0
62. Lusaka 0 7 58 0 12 7
63. Madras 216 211 511 17 15 33
64. Madrid 26 37 26 0 0 0
65. Manila 0 59 1— 0 70 1—
66. Minsk 0 13 18 0 1 0
67. Moscow 223 190 261 5 1 7
68. Muscat 68 36 63 4 3 2
69. Nairobi 132 141 167 24 23 36
70. New Delhi 573 682 777 334 447 467
71. New York 500 547 633 11 2 2
72. Nicosia 0 1— 1— 0 1— 1—
73. Oslo 27 41 89 0 1 0
74. Ottawa 442 184 252 0 1 3
75. Paris 0 246 325 0 2 3
76. Peking 88 40 238 6 11 50
77. Port Louis 73 126 263 7 10 12
78. Port of Spain 5 0 20 0 0 0
79. Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0
80. Pretoria 16 11 7 4 2 4
81. Quito 20 14 16 4 0 0
82. Riga 11 6 1— 0 6 1—
83. Riyadh 9 9 1— 3 11 1—
84. Rome 60 77 91 1 3 1
85. Sana'a 8 1 6 12 9 5
86. Sarajevo 61 117 158 0 2 1
87. Shanghai 8 23 107 2 7 9
88. Singapore 18 25 37 6 0 0
89. Sofia 71 113 114 3 4 0
90. St. Petersburg 0 0 61 0 0 4
91. Sto Domingo 5 0 0 1 0 0
92. Stockholm 128 121 116 1 2 0
93. Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. Tashkent 12 4 1 1 1 1 2
95. Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0
96. Tehran 0 0 1— 0 0 1—
97. Tirana 15 20 15 0 3 0
98. Tokyo 4 2 11 1 2 1
99. Tunis 60 70 84 27 21 21
100. Valletta 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
Total 8,308 10,467 14,114 2,247 1,718 3,980
1Information not yet received from posts