§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals against deportation of immigrants of Asian origin in the United Kingdom have been made in each of the last three years by hon. Members to him; and how many have been granted by him in each of those years.
§ Mr. RaisonDuring 1977, 1978 and 1979 Home Office Ministers received respectively 7,927, 10,063 and 11,794 letters576W from hon. Members and noble Lords about immigration and nationality matters, including personal cases. It would not be possible to establish, without disproportionate expense, how many of these letters related to cases where immigrants of Asian origin were subject to deportation proceedings.