HC Deb 03 May 1976 vol 910 cc228-31W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the figures of dependants of (a) New Commonwealth citizens, (b) United Kingdom passport holders and (c) Pakistan citizens admitted for settlement annually since 1965, showing separately the figures for admission of (i) wives, (ii) husbands, (iii) children under 18 years of age, (iv) children over 18 and under 21 years of age, (v) parents, (vi) grandparents, (vii) distressed relatives, (viii) fiancés and (ix) fiancées of the original entrant in each case.

Dr. Summerskill

The following information is readily available. Table 1 below gives details of the numbers of citizens of New Commonwealth countries. of United Kingdom Passport Holders (non patrial) and of citizens of Pakistan admitted for settlement as dependants during the period 1965–1972 inclusive. For these years children are defined as those aged under 16.

Table 2 gives similar information relating to the period 1973 to 1975; during this period children are defined as those aged under 18.

Separate information is not available about parents, grandparents or distressed

TABLE 1
CITIZENS OF NEW COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN AND NON-PATRIAL UNITED KINGDOM PASSPORT HOLDERS ADMITTED FOR SETTLEMENT AS DEPENDANTS 1965–72
(Number of Dependants)
Citizens of New Commonwealth countries (excluding Pakistan and U.K.P.H.)
Year Total Men Women Children
1965 32,465 1,215 11,321 19,929
1966 29,811 1,162 9,165 19,484
1967 32,577 1,811 8,661 22,105
1968 34,272* 854* 9,823* 23,595*
1969 16,104 317 5,277 10,510
1970 12,147 282 4,187 7,678
1971 12,425 401 4,483 7,541
1972 15,806 645 5,738 9,423
(Number of Dependants)
United Kingdom Passport Holders
Year Total Men Women Children
1965 Not applicable
1966 Not applicable
1967 Not applicable
1968 4,771† Not available
1969 4,366 143 1,256 2,967
1970 4,466 179 1,306 2,981
1971 7,732 292 2,304 5,136
1972 23,129 900 7,706 14,523
(Number of Dependants)
Citizens of Pakistan
Year Total Men Women Children
1965 6,763 204 2,644 3,915
1966 9,319 165 2,944 6,210
1967 17,506 287 4,555 12,664
1968 12,535 156 4,430 7,949
1969 11,880 127 4,429 7,324
1970 9,190 121 3,483 5,586
1971 6,287 89 2,518 3,680
1972 4,956 108 2,077 2,771
*Includes the 4,771 United Kingdom passport holders shown in the column headed Unitep Kingdom Passport Holders.
† Covers March—December 1968. Before March 1968. United Kingdom passport holders were not subject to control.

relatives, but they are included in Tables 1 and 2.

In the case of both Tables 1 and 2 wives are included in the figures.

Table 3 gives figures for 1975 relating to spouses and fiancé(e)s. It should be noted that fiancé(e)s are not admitted for settlement on arrival but may, upon marriage, be accepted for settlement by removal of the time limit attached to their stay.

TABLE 2
CITIZENS OF NEW COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN AND NON-PATRIAL UNITED KINGDOM PASSPORT HOLDERS ADMITTED FOR SETTLEMENT AS DEPENDANTS 1973–75
(Number of Dependants)
Citizens of New Commonwealth countries (excluding Pakistan and U.K.P.H.)
Year Total Men Women Children
1973 13,247 1,143 5,555 6,549
1974 10,430 926 4,240 5,264
1975* 15,200 1,170 5,940 8,090
(Number of Dependants)
United Kingdom Passport Holders
Year Total Men Women Children
1973 6,858 1,621 2,517 2,720
1974 7,381 1,232 2,992 3,157
1975* 7,870 1,180 3,360 3,330
(Number of Dependants)
Citizens of Pakistan
Year Total Men Women Children
1973 3,385 176 1,655 1,554
1974 3,550 185 1,799 1,566
1975* 6,080 250 2,920 2,910
*Provisional.
TABLE 3
CITIZENS OF NEW COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN AND NON-PATRIAL UNITED KINGDOM PASSPORT HOLDERS: SPOUSES AND FIANCE(E)S 1975*
Total Men Women
Spouses admitted for settlement on arrival
Citizens of New Commonwealth countries (excluding United Kingdom Passport Holders) 5,200 980 4,220
United Kingdom Passport Holders 2,210 360 1,850
Citizens of Pakistan 2,600 90 2,510
Fiance(e)s admitted to the United Kingdom with time limit attached to their stay
Citizens of New Commonwealth Countries (excluding United Kingdom Passport Holders) 2,100 650 1,450
United Kingdom Passport Holders 50 10 40
Citizens of Pakistan 560 240 320
*Provisional figures.

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