HL Deb 15 July 1977 vol 385 cc1206-7WA
Lord AVEBURY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a list showing the number of persons granted variation of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph 30 of the Immigration Rules (HC 80) and paragraph 28 of the Immigration Rules (HC 82) showing the countries from which those persons were refugees and the number from each country for each of the calendar years 1970 to 1976.

Lord AVEBURY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a list showing the number of persons given leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph 55 of the Immigration Rules (HC 81) and paragraph 54 of the Immigration Rules (HC 79), showing the countries from which those persons were refugees, and the number for each country, for each of the calendar years 1970 to 1976.

Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH

We do not keep a running total of such applications, which may be made before entry, or after entry in some other capacity has been granted. A total could be provided only at disproportionate cost by examining large numbers of individual files.