§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from each EEC country were issued with residence permits during (a) 1976 and (b) the first half of 1977.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe information for 1976 is contained in Table 5 of the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics 1976" (Cmnd. 6883) and is reproduced below, together with figures for the first half of 1977.
RESIDENCE PERMITS ISSUED TO EEC NATIONS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS Country 1976 January-June 1977 Belgium 178 71 Denmark 489 208 France 1,840 873 Germany (Federal Republic) 1,625 797 Ireland (Republic of)* — — Italy 2,136 1,030 Luxembourg 5 3 Netherlands 838 388 Total 7,111 3,370 * Citizens of the Republic of Ireland do not have to obtain residence permits.