§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report as much detailed information as may be available giving the number of Commonwealth citizens with work permits admitted to Great Britain between July and September 1975; how these compare with the corresponding period in 1974; and whether he will give a table of figures giving country of citizenship or nationality of these work permit holders, together with the numbers admitted and similar details for settlers and dependants.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe number of Commonwealth citizens with work permits given leave to enter the United Kingdom during the period July to September 1975 was 1,018. The corresponding figure for 1974 was 859.
The following table gives further details of the numbers of Commonwealth citizens, including visitors, admitted to the United Kingdom during the period July to September 1975.
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COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS ADMITTED TO THE UNDITED KINGDOM JULY-SEPTEMBER 1975 (Number of Journeys) Admitted on Temporary Conditions Accepted for Settlement on Arrival Country or territory issuing passport Total Admitted Work permit holders Work permit holder dependants others (All categories) Spouses Persons with a United Kingdom grandparent Others (mainly dependants) (1) (2) (3)* (4) (5) (6) (7)† Australia … … … … 93,409 58 34 92,881 77 256 103 Bangladesh … … … … 4,857 6 7 3,820 314 — 710 Barbados … … … … 2,701 7 — 2,656 9 — 29 Canada … … … … … 137,568 70 80 137,251 40 75 52 Cyprus … … … … … 8,031 24 14 7,916 35 — 42 Ghana … … … … … 6,885 61 1 6,800 5 — 18 Guyana … … … … … 2,576 6 — 2,519 12 1 38 Hong Kong … … … … 11,101 261 10 10,420 90 — 320 India … … … … … 38,333 103 37 36,488 781 22 902 Jamaica … … … … 15,960 21 — 15,674 41 1 223 Kenya … … … … … 6,954 5 — 6,458 74 2 415 Malaysia … … … … 18,058 51 11 17,973 13 — 10 Malta … … … … … 9,107 58 14 9,003 15 — 17 Mauritius … … … … 8,100 71 6 7,972 25 — 26 New Zealand … … … … 20,299 11 10 20,102 24 120 32 Nigeria … … … … … 21,943 66 5 21,835 9 — 28 Rhodesia … … … … 954 — — 944 2 — 8 Sierra Leone … … … … 1,853 8 — 1,835 1 — 9 Singapore … … … … 6,065 30 3 6,023 2 — 7 Sri Lanka … … … … 5,598 32 19 5,477 43 2 25 Tanzania … … … … 3,125 5 — 3,057 19 — 44 Trinidad and Tobago … … … 6,037 12 — 6,009 4 2 10 Uganda … … … … … 1,571 13 — 1,518 7 — 33 West Indies Associated States … 1,999 2 — 1,894 16 — 87 Zambia … … … … … 2,126 1 — 2,099 6 — 20 United Kingdom passport holders … 11,776‡ 18 4 8,358 670 4 2,722‡ All other Commonwealth countries … 4,920 18 — 4,846 14 — 42 Total§ … … … … 451,906 1,018 255 441,828 2,348 485 5,972 * Some of these are the dependants of work permit holders who arrived in an earlier period. † Excludes spouses; these are shown in column (5). ‡ The figures for United Kingdom passport holders include 1,204 holders of special vouchers. § Gibraltarians are excluded from the table because their purpose of journey is not recorded.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report details of Pakistanis and other foreign nationals outside the EEC who have been admitted into Great Britain
NON-EEC FOREIGN NATIONALS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN ADMITTED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM July-September 1975 Number of journeys Admitted on temporary conditions on arrival Accepted for settlement on arrival Total admitted Work permit holders Work permit holders' dependants* Others (all categories) Spouses Others (mainly dependants) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Non-EEC Foreign … 1,487,837 5,213 1,381 1,480,229 508 506 Pakistan … … 17,174 58 42 1 v,298 742 1,034 Total … … 1,505,011 5,271 1,423 1,495,527 1,250 1,540 * Some of these are the dependants of work permit holders who arrived in an earlier period.