§ 26. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to ensure that his Department publishes correct immigration statistics.
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§ Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he proposes to take to ensure that the statistics with regard to immigration are as accurate as possible.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI assume that the hon. Members have in mind the counting error which occurred at London Airport in 1973 and part of 1974, and I would refer them to the reply I gave on 14th January to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham (Mr. Parker). —[Vol. 903, c.168.]
§ 28. Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date his Department first became aware of the error in the computation of net inward migration of New Commonwealth immigrants for the year 1973.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsA fault in the figures became known to those closely concerned in July 1974. The corrected figures for 1973 became available only in October 1975.