§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the figures of Commonwealth citizens admitted for settlement on arrival include all those holding work permits on arrival.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo. Since 1st January 1973 Commonwealth citizens who have been given leave to enter when holding work permits on arrival have been admitted subject to a time limit.
§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Commonwealth citizens in each of the last three years have had their conditions of stay revoked by him after they had exhausted their statutory rights of appeal.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsRecords are kept, by category, of the numbers of Commonwealth citizens allowed to remain by removal of time limit after initial entry subject to conditions, but it is not possible to distinguish which of these have previously gone through the appeal machinery.
§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has confirmed as accurate the statistics of net inflow—arrivals minus embarkations—from the new Commonwealth in Command Paper No. 5285.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI have no reason to believe that the figures for 1972, pub-fished in Command Paper No. 5285, were affected by double counting.