§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of visas for entry to the United Kingdom issued, respectively, in the 12 months before the signing of the Helsinki Agreement and in the last 12-month period for which figures are available, to citizens of Yugoslavia, the USSR, Romania, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, respectively.
§ Mr. LuardComprehensive figures in the form requested are not available and the compilation of those which might be obtainable would involve disproportionate expense. Command Paper 6064 "Home Office. Immigration Statistics 1974" does, however, provide a record of admissions to the United Kingdom of
SDA DA IA Amount £000 Estimated employment arising Amount £000 Estimated employment arising Amount £000 Estimated employment arising Insurance 778 392 66 65 78 118 Banking 115 150 130 214 2,476 2,005 Other business services 849 996 718 554 1,543 2,140 New employment in these sectors also arises from Government assistance to manufacturing industry and the consequent increase in demand which they create locally for business services.