HC Deb 25 July 1979 vol 971 cc246-8W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will remove the Government's ban on selected persons from selected countries who are followers of the Church of Scientology from entering Great Britain on the grounds that they are dangerous to Great Britain.

Mr. Whitelaw

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to his question on 21 May.—[Vol. 967, col. 22.]

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department first commenced an assessment of all the recommendations of the Foster report on scientologists; on how many occasions his Department has declared that it has not yet completed its assessment of the report; when he expects to publish his views and assessment of the report; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Whitelaw

Since publication of the Foster report in December 1971, its recommendations have been considered

Fire authority Fire certificate applications Premises inspected Certificates issued Premises awaiting inspection
(1) (2) (3) (%) (4)
Avon 570 347 314 (55) 223
Bedfordshire 75 74 69 (92) 1
Berkshire 142 139 127 (89) 3
Buckinghamshire 75 74 73 (97) 1
Cambridgeshire 182 168 139 (76) 14
Cheshire 178 175 160 (89) 3
Cleveland 119 119 109 (91) 0
Clwyd … 243 242 227 (93) 1
Cornwall 2,258 2,052 1,404 (62) 206
Cumbria 1,080 940 719 (66) 140
Derbyshire 100 93 85 (85) 7
Devon 3,139 2,133 1,420 (45) 1,006
Dorset 2,086 1,042 644 (30) 1,044
Durham 97 82 82 (84) 15
Dyfed … 543 449 212 (39) 94
Essex … 437 405 404 (92) 32
Mid Glamorgan 63 63 40 (63) 0
South Glamorgan 87 77 45 (51) 10
West Glamorgan 122 118 113 (92) 4
Gloucestershire 243 234 203 (83) 9
Greater London 1,667 1,633 1,489 (89) 34
Greater Mancheste 242 230 206 (85) 12
Gwent 97 92 72 (74) 5
Gwynedd 920 920 458 (49) 0
Hampshire 611 588 485 (79) 23
Hereford and Worcester 220 206 133 (60)

14

Hertfordshire 128 125 111 (86) 3
Humberside 440 424 296 (67) 16
Kent 952 930 854 (89) 22
Lancashire 2,935 2,926 2,662 (90) 9
Leicestershire 124 115 93 (75) 9
Lincolnshire 378 376 360 (95) 2
Merseyside 256 249 236 (92) 7
Norfolk 897 805 709 (79) 92
Northamptonshire 78 78 76 (97) 0
Northumberland 165 165 139 (84) 0
Nottinghamshire 119 118 106 (89) 1
Oxfordshire 235 167 130 (55) 68
Powys … 172 55 38 (22) 117
Salop … 123 123 116 (94) 0
Scilly Isles 64 40 30 (46) 24
Somerset 399 297 250 (62) 102

by successive Governments. The answer to the second part of the question is as often as my Department has been asked. As to the third part, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to his question on 21 May.—[Vol. 967, col. 22.]

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