§ Mr. Footasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of applications for passports in each of the last five years, and the number of such applications granted, in Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe number of these applications and issues is as follows: 55W
— Applications Issues 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 Uganda 2,911 2,909 3,764 3,644 3,368 2,911 2,907 3,764 3,641 3,368 Kenya Not Available 12,515 11,788 10,738 11,232 11,165 Tanganyika Not Available 6,874 5,400 5,481 4,999 4,606 Zanzibar 1,106 1,629 1,778 1,383 1,084 1,106 1,629 1,778 1,383 1,083 Northern Rhodesia 3,474 3,262 2,892 2,993 3,276 3,427 3,222 2,864 2,978 3,256 Nyasaland Not Available 1,515 1,443 864 707 822 NOTES:
(1) Full records of applications are not kept in Tanganyika, Kenya, or Nyasaland. There are many applications which lapse or are withdrawn, such as those made to cover travel to neighbouring territories for which no passports are necessary. The following applications over the five years have been refused: Kenya, 2; Tanganyika, 6; and Nyasaland, nil.
(2) Refusals in Northern Rhodesia relate mainly to Africans who apply for passports for travel to territories where such travel documents are not required.