HC Deb 28 March 1977 vol 929 cc6-10W
Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizens of each of the following countries have been admitted and how many refused leave to enter in each month since January 1976 to the most recent month for which this information is available: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Cyprus, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rhodesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka; and how many United Kingdom passport holders were similarly refused leave.

Dr. Summerskill

The information requested is given in the following tables. The figures in table 2 relate to the month in which the passenger was removed.

TABLE 1
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN GIVEN LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
JANUARY—DECEMBER 1976
Country or Territory issuing Passport January February March April May June July August September October November* December* Total*
Australia 18,690 11,858 17,673 23,708 33,822 36,023 35,657 37,703 30,979 21,812 15,063 19,477 302,465
Bangladesh 1,345 1,236 1,474 945 1,621 1,339 1,774 1,708 1,607 1,596 1,197 1,051 16,893
Canada 14,182 11,506 23,110 27,745 43,508 40,805 51,390 45,520 47,577 28,205 16,428 18,153 368,129
Cyprus 1,600 925 1,044 1,544 1,454 1,716 2,903 3,028 3,573 1,903 1,402 1,714 22,806
Ghana 1,521 870 1,240 1,476 1,517 1,593 2,697 2,792 2,775 1,981 1,541 1,625 21,628
Hong Kong 1,869 1,047 1,315 1,907 1,780 2,180 2,950 3,911 4,033 1,830 1,164 1,551 25,537
India 9,500 8,400 9,196 10,659 12,588 13,269 14,381 13,712 14,396 11,448 9,185 10,040 136,774
Jamaica 3,528 1,628 1,348 1,846 2,257 2,934 4,365 5,977 3,516 2,377 2,226 1,556 33,558
Kenya 1,151 780 1,012 1,539 1,391 1,516 2,009 2,289 2,211 1,321 884 1,071 17,174
Malaysia 2,299 1,471 1,907 3,219 2,733 3,549 4,334 5,445 8,456 3,788 1,893 2,285 41,379
Malta 1,540 896 1,133 1,409 1,621 1,916 2,655 3,399 2,047 1,810 1,451 1,777 21,654
Mauritius 1,330 979 991 1,430 1,512 1,937 3,118 3,234 2,265 1,335 915 1,317 20,363
New Zealand 3,212 2,905 3,375 5,530 6,766 7,623 7,490 7,465 7,731 5,315 3,320 3,372 64,104
Nigeria 4,417 2,023 3,148 3,809 3,756 4,514 8,654 10,159 9,023 5,152 4,396 5,096 64,147
Pakistan 4,377 3,617 4,357 5,001 5,228 5,590 7,284 6,475 5,404 5,200 4,064 4,332 60,929
Rhodesia 145 85 76 138 151 163 134 247 360 176 152 164 1,991
Singapore 771 619 796 1,436 2,288 2,999 1,899 1,923 2,652 1,491 1,054 1,006 18,934
Sri Lanka 1,459 787 963 1,317 1,268 1,362 1,734 1,828 2,339 1,460 911 1,032 16,460
UKPH 2,293 1,984 2,475 2,878 3,139 3,056 4,040 4,643 3,990 2,944 2,155 2,490 36,087
* Provisional.
TABLE 2
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN GIVEN LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
JANUARY—DECEMBER 1976
Country or Territory issuing Passport January February March April May June July August September October November* December* Total*
Australia 3 4 3 2 1 3 5 2 3 3 6 4 39
Bangladesh 34 24 28 21 40 32 30 32 48 32 41 54 416
Canada 5 6 5 3 6 4 5 5 3 2 5 49
Cyprus 23 14 14 19 15 21 30 27 31 42 29 34 299
Ghana 22 21 26 27 24 20 16 41 28 40 31 34 330
Hong Kong 5 15 5 20 6 6 24 10 11 11 22 17 152
India 58 32 47 52 80 87 94 76 57 69 59 65 776
Jamaica 1 1 7 1 1 4 6 6 27
Kenya 4 2 1 4 4 7 10 9 10 4 2 1 58
Malaysia 8 5 9 7 6 4 15 10 8 6 10 9 97
Malta 1 2 1 1 1 6
Mauritius 10 17 5 4 10 8 19 11 9 6 8 11 118
New Zealand 1 2 1 4
Nigeria 46 40 38 48 45 27 69 70 66 49 36 61 595
Pakistan 50 52 68 80 76 74 84 110 60 75 77 87 893
Rhodesia 11 4 4 24 17 11 10 13 16 11 2 6 129
Singapore 2 2 2 1 8 1 1 4 2 5 5 33
Sri Lanka 7 6 8 5 5 10 5 4 10 6 11 5 82
UKPH 9 7 13 6 16 21 15 16 22 13 19 25 182
* Provisional.