HC Deb 09 May 1968 vol 764 c129W
Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants from India and Pakistan have entered Great Britain since 1947; and how many are estimated to have done so illegally.

Mr. Ennals

From 1st July, 1962, when the Commonwealth Immigrants Act came into force, until the end of 1967, 84,000 immigrants were admitted for settlement from India, and 67,000 from Pakistan. It is not possible to give reliable figures for earlier years, nor is it possible to estimate how many entered without examination by an immigration officer or otherwise in evasion of the control.