§ 17. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many aliens are now in the United Kingdom; and, of these, how many are visitors, students and holders of work permits, respectively.
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§ Dr. SummerskillRecords and statistics are not maintained in a form which enables this information to be provided. At the time of the 1971 Census there were about 818,000 people resident in the United Kingdom who were both born in a foreign country and had one or both parents born in a foreign country. But it does not follow that they were all aliens.