§ 25. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants from East Africa were accepted for permanent settlement in the United Kingdom over the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how this figure compares with the previous five years.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonProvisional figures for 1975 indicate that 3,600 citizens of the main East African countries and 8,260 United Kingdom passport holders from East Africa were accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom, either on arrival or on subsequent removal of time limit.
Corresponding figures for the previous five years are:
Citizens of East Africa* UKPH from East Africa 1970 877 7,085 1971 1,691 13,634 1972 3,097 35,931† 1973 2,310 7,784 1974 3,493 8,600 *Covers Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia only. Other East African countries are not separately identified in the readily available figures. † Includes a small number of UKPH from India.