§ Mr. Arnold Shawasked 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. SummerskillThe information requested is given in the following tables. The figures in table 2 relate to the month in which the passenger was removed.
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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. 10W
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.