HC Deb 09 July 1982 vol 27 c214W
Mr. Arnold

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the figure of £100,000, given in his answer of 29 June, Official Report, c.270, for the minimum level of capital required for an applicant seeking entry to the United Kingdom as a person of independent means compares with the level of assets previously required for entry on those terms.

Mr. Raison

The previous Immigration Rules—HC 79 and 81; 1973—did not specify a minimum level of capital. An applicant seeking to come here as a person of independent means had to show that he could maintain himself and any dependants indefinitely without working.