§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services with reference to the total of net immigration of persons of new Commonwealth ethnic origin between 1st July, 1966, and 1st July, 1970, in Table 2 of Appendix K to the Registrar General's Quarterly Return No. 488, what figures were included therein for persons holding United Kingdom passports between 1st July, 1966, and 30th June, 1967, and for persons of new Commonwealth ethnic origin holding United Kingdom passports between 1st July, 1967, and 29th February, 1968.
§ Sir K. JosephThe Registrar General did not distinguish in his estimate of net immigration between the ethnic origin of one category of United Kingdom passport holders and another before 1st July, 1967.
The best estimate he can now make on the incomplete evidence available is that in the period 1st July, 1966, to 30th June, 1967, the net immigration of persons of New Commonwealth ethnic origin holding United Kingdom passports was no more than 5,000 in round figures. In the period 1st July, 1967, to 29th February, 1968, the net immigration of such persons is estimated to have been of the order of 20,000.