§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give the total number of refusals of admission to the United Kingdom on the recommendations of port medical inspectors in 1980; and within this total, the number refused on the basis of a radiological examination and on grounds of mental ill-health respectively.
§ Lord BelsteadIn 1980, of some 17,000 persons refused leave to enter the United Kingdom, 193 were refused on medical grounds based on the recommendation of the port medical inspector; 127 of these persons were refused on the basis of a mental disorder; the number refused on the basis of a radiological examination could be made available only at disproportionate cost.