§ 18. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give the number of visas that have been granted since 1971 for persons to come to Great Britain for one year to study from Russia and other stated countries outside the British Commonwealth and the numbers refused and similar details for the stated countries of the Commonwealth.
§ Mr. BlakerStatistics of visas granted and refused to foreign students are not kept in the form referred to in the Question.
The numbers of entry certificates granted and refused respectively to Commonwealth students in 1971 were 17,986 and 889 and in 1972 18,670 and 1,000. The figures for 1973 are not yet available.