§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iranians and how many other persons entered this country from Iran in each of the last 12 months and in the current month to date; and what are the reasons for the increase.
§ Mr. Raison[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1979 c. 722]: Information is not available on the numbers entering this country from Iran. For information on all admissions of Iranian nationals to the United Kingdom I refer my hon. Friend to my reply today to a question by my hon. Friend, the Member for Northampton, North (Mr. Marlow). The latest available information relates only to admissions of Iranian nationals at Heathrow airport and is given in the. following table.
IRANIAN NATIONALS ADMITTED AT HEATHROW AIRPORT Thousand 1978 1979 January … … 11.8 9.7 February … … 6.6 4.9 March … … 15.9 4.5 April … … 12.8 7.7 May … … 9.3 7.3 June … … 20.0 11.6 July … … 32.4 23.7* August … … 33.2 27.7* September … … 22.9 23.0* October … … 12.1 10.5* November … … 9.2 December … … 13.2 … … 199.4 * Provisional.