§ LORD ELTONasked Her Majesty's Government whether they will state how many of Her Majesty's West Indian subjects have entered the United Kingdom during each of the last four years for which statistics are available, with separate totals for males and females.
§ THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE Fox THE HOME DEPARTMENT (LORD MANCROFT)As the law stands, there is no power to require British subjects arriving in the United Kingdom to provide the information necessary for the compilation of complete statistics, but it is estimated that the numbers of British subjects from the West Indies who have come to this country during the last four years in substantial parties with the 1039WA intention of remaining here are approximately as follows:
— Males Females Total 1952 1,500 700 2,200 1953 1,700 600 2,300 1954 6,600 2,600 9,200 1955 17,600 8,100 25,700