HC Deb 09 February 1971 vol 811 c137W
Mr. Brocklebank-Fowler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures for the number of Commonwealth citizens admitted to the United Kingdom for settlement in 1970, with comparative figures for 1969 and 1968.

Mr. Maudling

The figures, excluding United Kingdom passport holders from East Africa, are as follows:

1968 1969 1970
Employment voucher holders 4,691 4,010 3,983
Dependants 43,879 29,454 22,941
Others 4,499 3,093 2,962
53,069 36,557 29,886
The number of United Kingdom passport holders from East Africa admitted for settlement since the introduction of control under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, 1968 was as follows:
March-December, 1968 6,043
1969 6,249
1970 6,839