HC Deb 06 July 1982 vol 27 c58W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Basildon (Mr. Proctor) on 21 May, Official Report, c. 200–1, how many of the people described in table 15 of "Control of Immigration Statistics for 1981"—those detected under the provisions of schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 as having entered the United Kingdom illegally—were detected following application to the Home Office for registration or naturalisation during 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively.

Mr. Raison

This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.