HC Deb 16 July 1969 vol 787 cc134-5W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in table form the total number of Commonwealth immigrants entering the United Kingdom in each year from 1959 to the present date.

Mr. Callaghan

For the period up to 1st July 1962 the net intake of Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean, Asia, East and West Africa and the Mediterranean is estimated to have been as follows:

1959 21,600
1960 57,700
1961 136,400
1962 (first 6 months) 94,900

Since the introduction of Commonwealth immigration control the number of Commonwealth citizens admitted for settlement has been as follows:

1962 (last 6 months) 18;814
1963 59,806
1964 55,900
1965 57,062
1966 50,465
1967 61,377
1968 53,069
United Kingdom passport-holders are not included in these figures.