§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Maltese citizens have been admitted for permanent settlement in the United Kingdom for each of the last five years; and how many applications are currently under consideration.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe number of Maltese citizens accepted for settlement is published annually in a Command Paper, the latest of which is "Control of Immigration Statistics 1976" (Cmnd. 6883), where the figures for 1976 are given in Tables 2(a) and 3(a). In the period January to September 1977, 154 Maltese citizens were accepted on arrival and 105 on removal of time limit. The number of applications for settlement currently being considered could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.