§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by nationality the number of visitors admitted to the United Kingdom (a) for six months or more and (b) for less than six month.
§ Mr. RaisonStatistics of those admitted to the United Kingdom as visitors are not compiled by the length of stay granted. The total number of visitors given leave to enter for less than 12 months by nationality were published in tables 1(a) and 1(b) of Control of Immigration Statistics United Kingdom 1979 (Cmnd. 7875).
§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will specify which categories of passenger are selected from the total number of passengers admitted for inclusion in his Department's computer.
§ Mr. RaisonThe immigration officer may arrange that any passenger who is subject to control should have his 167W departure checked through the computer system. People are more likely to be checked out if they are admitted on a long-term basis (for example, as students or for employment) than if they are coming for a short visit as a tourist.
§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the nationalities of the passengers whose arrival was recorded in his Department's computer in the first six months since it came into operation on 1 August 1980.
§ Mr. RaisonDuring a period of six months it is probable that there will be passengers of all nationalities whose movements will have been recorded, other than nationals of those countries which benefit from the free movement of labour provisions of the Treaty of Rome.