Immigration Statistics (Hansard, 16 December 1983)

§ Ms. Clare Short
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in each month since January 1983, how many (i) husbands and (ii) fiancés applying from the Indian sub-continent for entry clearance for settlement were refused (a) wholly or (b) partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was held to be immigration into the United Kingdom;
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§ Mr. Waddington
The information requested is given on a quarterly basis in the following table. Combined figures for husbands and male fiancés applying for entry clearance in the Indian subcontinent are published in the quarterly Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics", table 7 of issue 23/83.
(2) in each month since January 1983, how many (i) husbands and (ii) fiancés refused entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom were men married to or about to marry a British citizen.

§ Mr. Waddington
Information is available only for the Indian subcontinent, and this. is given on a quarterly basis in the following table. The higher figures for the third quarter reflect the processing of a backlog of applications associated with a change in practice under which more applications are decided locally.
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Husbands and male fiancés refused entry clearance for leave to enter the United Kingdom under the 1983 immigration rules^*

Indian sub-continent 1983 Number of persons

Total refused Of which, applications refused (a) wholly (b) partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom

(a) Wholly (b) Partly

Husbands Male fiancés Husbands Male fiancés Husbands Male fiancés

1983 1st quarter 20 160 — 20 — 70

2nd quarter 20 110 10 20 — 60

3rd quarter 40 230 20 140 — 50

^* H.C. 66 and 169. Includes a small number refused entry clearance because the wife or fiancé was not a British citizen. Excludes a small number refused under the 1977 rules.

§ Ms. Clare Short
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each month since 1 January 1983 in the Indian subcontintent, in what proportion of refusals of (i) husbands and (ii) fiancés the Home Office estimates that the shift in the burden of proof has been the determining factor.

§ Mr. Waddington
The information requested is not available.

Husbands and male fiancés refused entry clearance for leave to enter the United Kingdom under the 1983 immigration rules^*
Indian sub-continent 1983	Number of persons
		Total refused	Of which, applications refused (a) wholly (b) partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom
				(a) Wholly	(b) Partly
		Husbands	Male fiancés	Husbands	Male fiancés	Husbands	Male fiancés
1983	1st quarter	20	160	—	20	—	70
	2nd quarter	20	110	10	20	—	60
	3rd quarter	40	230	20	140	—	50
^* H.C. 66 and 169. Includes a small number refused entry clearance because the wife or fiancé was not a British citizen. Excludes a small number refused under the 1977 rules.