§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications have been received from dependent wives and children of persons settled in the United Kingdom through offices of the British High Commission in Pakistan for entry certificates in each of the years 1969 and 1974 to the latest convenient date, and how many of these applications have been approved, rejected discontinued, or are still pending, respectively.
§ Lord GORONWY-ROBERTSThe records available for 1969–1972 are not broken down in such a manner as to enable figures to be given for the categories requested.
The figures for Pakistan in respect of dependent wives and children for 1973 and 1974 are given below:
1973 1974 Applications received 7,313 8,276* Entry certificates issued 5,084 3,595 † Entry certificates refused 729 868 † Pending not available 8,902* * To end of November. † To end of October. It is not possible to say how many of the applications received in a particular year were successful since, because of the waiting period for interviews and other factors, many of the applicants would not have been interviewed in that same year.