§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many EEC nationals since 1973 have been refused entry or had their stay curtailed in Great Britain because they were likely to become a charge on public bodies; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many EEC nationals have been refused entry since 1973 to Great Britain because it was against public policy on health grounds; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JohnBetween 1 January 1973 and 30 September 1978, a total of 3,222 nationals of EEC member States were refused leave to enter the United Kingdom. Of these, 219 were refused on medical grounds. It is not possible to give an exact figure for those refused on the grounds that they were likely to become a charge on public funds but it would have been of the order of 2,500. No figures are available of the numbers whose stay has been curtailed.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the families brought into 607W Great Britain by EEC nationals in each of the past five years were not themselves EEC nationals; and if he will make a statement.