§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been admitted to the Uk as(a) husbands and (b) wives in each year since 1979, broken down by country of origin. [177092]
§ Mr. Browne[holding answer 8 June 2004]: The latest available data relating to the number of passengers admitted to the UK as a husband or wife are shown in the following tables. The information available is broken down by the applicant's nationality, not the country of origin.
To provide data for the entire period requested would incur disproportionate cost.
A copy of the table has been placed in the House Library.
Historical data on immigration control can be found in the Command Papers "Control of Immigration: Statistics United kingdom", copies of which are available from the Library of the House.