§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, other than those from the New Commonwealth, entered the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; for how many dependent relatives permission to enter was granted; and how 563W many men applied to enter to enable them to marry United Kingdom citizens.
§ Dr. SummerskillDetails of the numbers of people admitted to the United Kingdom each year, by country of citizenship or nationality, are given in the annual Command Papers, the latest of which is "Control of Immigration; Statistics 1976" (Command 6883). The Command Papers show the numbers accepted for settlement on arrival who are wives and "Others accepted for settlement on arrival" who are mainly dependants. The numbers of men admitted for marriage to a woman settled in the United Kingdom are shown in total; those admitted for marriage to a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies are not separately identified. Detailed figures for 1977 will be given in "Control of Immigration; Statistics 1977" to be published later this year.
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of immigrants, by country of origin (a) who have become permanent residents after being admitted as temporary visitors, (b) who have been admitted as fiances, (c) who, apart from husbands or wives and children, have been admitted as dependants, and (d) who have been allowed to remain in the United Kingdom after entering illegally, to the latest convenient date, annually for the last five years.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 3rd February.—[Vol. 943, c.339–40.] The numbers of those accepted for settlement who entered as temporary visitors are not known. The numbers of fiances admitted have been recorded separately only from September, 1974 and are as follows:
FIANCES ADMITTED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM Commonwealth citizens Foreign nationals Total 1974* 43 37 80 1975 683 327 1,010 1976 1,668 522 2,190 1977† 2,014 409 2,423 * September-December only. † January-September only. The information available on illegal entrants allowed to remain in the United Kingdom is as follows:
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ILLEGAL ENTRANTS ALLOWED TO REMAIN, HAVING ENTERED THE UNITED KINGDOM BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 1973* Commonwealth citizens Citizens of Pakistan Total 1974† 232 175 407 1975 347 463 810 1976 119 215 334 1977‡ 34 73 107 * On 11th April 1974 my predecessor announced that the power contained in the Immigration Act 1971 to remove illegal entrants would not be used retrospectively to send away Commonwealth citizens and citizens of Pakistan who entered clandestinely before 1st January 1973. † 11th April-31st December only. ‡ January-September only.
ILLEGAL ENTRANTS EXCEPTIONALLY GRANTED LEAVE TO REMAIN HAVING ENTERED AFTER 31ST DECEMBER 1972 Granted leave to remain for an indefinite period Commonwealth citizens (mainly Indian) Foreign nationals Citizens of Pakistan Others Total 1973 0 0 0 0 1974 2 0 3 5 1975 2 3 0 5 1976 19 1 2 22 1977* 18 8 0 26
Granted leave to remain for a limited period Commonwealth citizens (mainly Indian) Foreign nationals Citizens of Pakistan Others Total 1973 0 0 0 0 1974 0 0 0 0 1975 2 1 0 3 1976 3 1 2 6 1977* 24 3 3 30 * January-September only.