§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish so much information as he has as to the number of people who have been deported in the last year because their marriages had not subsisted for a year.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer my hon. friend to the replies I gave him on 18 and 24 November on this subject.—[Vol. 32, c. 240 and 495]. Deportation in such cases could be effected under Section 3(5)(a), 3(5)(b) or 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1971, or the individuals concerned could leave the United Kingdom voluntarily. Separate figures showing the numbers of persons deported for failing to comply with specific provisions of the Immigration Rules are not maintained.
§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what circumstances it is found not necessary to interview the woman concerned when an application is made to give entry clearance to her husband or fiancé; and in what proportion of cases no such interview is conducted where the man is domiciled (a) world-wide and (b) in the Indian Subcontinent.
§ Mr. RaisonAn interview with the woman concerned would be considered unnecessary if it was apparent to an entry clearance officer that an application did not satisfy 41W the rules, or conversely if it was clear from the evidence already before him—which might include a declaration of sponsorship by the wife or fiancée and other documentary evidence—that all the requirements in the rules were satisfied. Cases in the latter category would normally be those where there was a long standing and well documented relationship. Interviews of wives and fiancées are conducted in the majority of cases where a man is domiciled in the Indian Subcontinent, and this is where the majority of applications are made. More precise information, and information for the rest of the world, is not available centrally.