HC Deb 05 June 1981 vol 5 c445W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were admitted as immigrants to the United Kingdom on the grounds that they were a spouse or a fianceé of a person resident in the United Kingdom, for each of the last 10 years, broken down by sex and national origin.

Mr. Raison

Information on admissions for marriage and on acceptances for settlement by reason of marriage of men and women analysed by citizenship/nationality has been published annually since 1975 in the "Control of Immigration: Statistics"—tables 1(a), 1(b), 2(b), 3a) and 3(b) of the issue for 1980, Cmnd. 8199.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were refused entry to the United Kingdom on the ground that they were going to contract or had contracted a marriage of convenience; and how many were refused permission to settle on the same ground after an initial 12 months' residence for each year since 1977, broken down by sex and national origin.

Mr. Raison

The information requested is not available.

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