§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men have settled in the United Kingdom from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in each year since 1950; how many men have returned to these countries; how many wives and children of these men have settled in each of those years; how many of those wives and children have returned; if this information is not available, how many married men from each country were noted in the 1971 census; and how many married women and how many men and women have settled here from those countries in the period since the census.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe following is the readily available information—no information is available in respect of the period before 1st July 1962, when immigration from the Commonwealth was first controlled:
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TABLE 2 ACCEPTANCES FOR SETTLEMENT—CITIZENS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH—WIVES AND CHILDREN Wives and children admitted for settlement on arrival India Pakistan Bangladesh Wives Children Wives Children Wives Children 1st July 1962–31st Not separately available 1,127 386§ 1963 … … Not separately available 3,750 2,104§ 1964 … … Not separately available 4,988 4,876§ 1965 … … Not separately available 7,201 3,976§ 1966 … … Not separately available 7,853 6,285§ 1967 … … Not separately available 9,122 12,817§ 1968 … … Not separately available 11,944 7,949§ 1969 … … Not separately available 4,718 7,324§ 1970 … … Not separately available 2,734 5,586§ 1971 … … Not separately available 2,465 3,680§ 1972 … … Not separately available 2,761 Not separately available 2,771 Not separately available 1,005† 1973 … … Not separately available 1,832 Not separately available 1,554 Not separately available 1,006 1974 … … 531‡ 1,479 477‡ 1,566 55‡ 445 1975* … … 2,220 2,600 2,520 2,910 870 1,800
Wives and children accepted for settlement on removal of time limit India Pakistan Bangladesh Wives Children Wives Children Wives Children 1st July 1962–31st December 1962. Not applicable 1963 … … Not applicable 1964 … … Not applicable 1965 … … Not available 1966 … … Not available 1967 … … Not available 1968 … … Not available 1969 … … Not available 1970 … … 65 19 25ob/ 3¶ 1971 … … 142 22 56ob/ 24¶ 1972 … … 146 7 36 5 3† 2† 1973 … … 906 51 103 8 15 8 1974 … … 1,249 49 155 57 46 4 1975* … … 1,450 90 370 60 90 10 * Provisional. † From April 1972. ‡ September-December 1974. § Children only. ob/ Wives. ¶ Children. (d) Information is not available about how many wives and children have returned to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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(e) From the 1971 census it is estimated that about 100,000 married males from India and 59,000 from Pakistan were then resident in the United Kingdom. (f) The number of wives with husbands in the United Kingdom separately recorded as accepted for settlement in the period 1971–75 inclusive, from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is shown in Table 2 (but see Note (c) above). The number of other married women who have been accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom in the same period is not separately recorded. (g) The number of men and women from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh allowed to settle in the United Kingdom in the period 1971–75 inclusive is about 47,000.
§ Mr. Giles Shawasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants who have returned to their country of origin under the scheme whereby the Department of Health and Social Security pays their air fares have subsequently been readmitted to the United Kingdom.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that the information requested is not available. A person subject to immigration control and known to have received assistance from public funds towards the cost of leaving the United Kingdom is normally thereafter refused entry clearance and leave to enter, unless settled in the United Kingdom at the coming into force of the Immigration Act 1971 and entitled to readmission as a returning resident.