§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications he has had for entry by husbands and fiancés from the Indian subcontinent so far in 1983; and how this compares with the corresponding figure for 1982.
§ Mr. WaddingtonTwo hundred and seventy new applications for entry clearance were received from husbands and male fiancés in the Indian subcontinent in January 1983, compared with a monthly average of 103 during 1982. Corresponding information for February 1983 is not yet available. The number of applications in the early months of 1983 could prove untypical and monthly figures are liable to vary considerably. Figures for the first quarter of 1983 will be published in the quarterly Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics" in the second half of May.