HC Deb 17 June 2004 vol 422 cc1095-6W
Mr. Grieve

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers were given leave to enter the United Kingdom in each year since 1979(a) as visitors, (b) as people returning after a temporary absence abroad, (c) as passengers in transit, (d) as students, (e) as work permit holders and their dependants, (f) as working holidaymakers, (g) as a spouse or fiancée, (h) as au pairs, (i) on the basis of UK ancestry, (j) on the basis of acceptance for settlement on arrival, (k) for other reasons and (l) in total. [177033]

Mr. Browne

[holding answer 8 June 2004]: The latest available data relating to the number of passengers admitted to the United Kingdom by the requested categories are given in the table. The data relate to the number of journeys made.

To provide data for the entire period would incur disproportionate cost.

Detailed statistics on immigration control are published in the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom" obtainable from the Library of the House, and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/commandpubs1.html. The latest edition is that for 2002 (Cm6053).

Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom by purpose of

journey, excluding EEA nationals, 1993 to 2003
United Kingdom Number of journeys
Passengers admitted by purpose of journey
Total admitted Visitors Students Au pairs
1993 9,840,000 7,080,000 238,000 12,700
1994 9,180,000 6,570,000 249,000 9,400
1995 9,620,000 6,800,000 285,000 11,700
1996 10,300,000 7,350,000 298,000 13,400
1997 10,900,000 7,760,000 278,000 15,300
1998 11,500,000 8,040,000 266,000 15,900
1999 12,000,000 8,370,000 272,000 14,600

Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom by purpose of

journey, excluding EEA nationals, 1993 to 2003
United Kingdom Number of journeys
Passengers admitted by purpose of journey
Total admitted Visitors Students Au pairs
2000 13,000,00 8,930,000 313,000 12,900
2001 12,800,000 8,170,000 339,000 12,000
2002 12,600,000 7,850,000 369,000 12,800
20031 12,200,000 7,580,000 319,000 15,300

Passengers admitted by purpose of journey
Work permit holders and their dependants Working holiday-makers Admitted as a spouse or financeé(e) Passengers in transit
1993 48,000 21,600 19,200 936,000
1994 47,500 31,600 18,800 852,000
1995 52,100 36,000 19,100 948,000
1996 58,200 33,000 20,900 1,000,000
1997 63,000 33,300 26,400 1,090,000
1998 68,400 40,800 32,200 1,150,000
1999 76,200 45,800 30,300 1,170,000
2000 92,000 38,400 33,000 1,270,000
2001 109,000 35,800 29,100 1,310,000
2002 120,000 41,700 30,300 1,300,000
20031 119,000 46,500 31,400 1,140,000

Passengers admitted by purpose of journey
Passengers returning after a temporary absence aborad UK ancestry Others given leave to enter2 Granted settlement on arrival3
1993 1,380,000 4,080 94,300 3,620
1994 1,300,000 5,170 88,200 2,610
1995 1,370,000 6,620 90,400 2,400
1996 1,470,000 7,420 94,500 2,120
1997 1,560,000 8,370 103,000 2,350
1998 1,780,000 10,200 104,000 2,900
1999 1,910,000 11,800 110,000 2,530
2000 2,200,000 10,900 112,000 2,290
2001 2,620,000 10,700 149,000 2,820
2002 2,740,000 10,400 127,000 2,470
20031 2,800,000 9,150 178,000 2,600
1 Provisional and subject to change.
2 Includes refugees, exceptional leave cases and their dependants, excluding such persons given temporary admission.
3 Excludes asylum-related cases given indefinite leave to enter; these are included in 'Others given leave to enter'.
Note:
Data rounded to three significant places, as such they may not sum to the totals shown.