HC Deb 11 December 1980 vol 995 c424W
Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list in the Official Report the number of houses or apartments which have been allocated by each local authority in the United Kingdom to refugees from Vietnam and the number of refugees involved in each case;

(2) If he will list the number of units of accommodation made available to Vietnamese refugees by each new town development corporation; and what is the number of refugees involved in each case;

(3) If he will list in the Official Report the number of refugees from Vietnam settled in the following parliamentary constituencies: Finchley; Cardiff, South-East; Ebbw Vale; Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles; Buckinghamshire; Aylesbury; Basildon; Penrith and the Borders; Surrey, East; Leeds, North-East; Cambridgeshire; Lowestoft; Chesham and Amersham; Stratford-on-Avon; St. Ives; Oswestry; Cleveland and Whitby; Worcester; Henley; Bute and North Ayrshire; Pembroke; Spelthorne; Wanstead and Woodford; Chelmsford; Guildford; and Runcorn.

Mr. Raison

The information requested is not immediately available. We shall publish it in theOfficial Report shortly.

Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many South Vietnamese refugees have been admitted for settlement in the first 11 months of 1980; and what is his estimate for the full year 1980 and for 1981.

Mr. Raison

About 6,480 refugees from Vietnam were admitted in the first 11 months of 1980. A further 350 are expected to have arrived by the end of the year.

During 1981 we expect to admit the remainder of the quota which we undertook to accept at the request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. There will also be some family reunion cases and we shall continue our obligations in respect of those rescued at sea.

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