§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers sought entry into the United Kingdom as visitors during each of the last 10 six-monthly periods for which records are available; of these, how many and what percentage were (a) given leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors immediately upon arrival, (b) given temporary admission and (c) refused, and for what reasons; and how many and what percentage of these persons in each category were from (i) the United States of America, (ii) the Commonwealth, (iii) the New Commonwealth and Pakistan and (iv) the Indian subcontinent.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI will reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of those passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors who have been given temporary admission in each of the last 10 six-monthly 320W periods for which records are available, how many and what percentage were subsequently (a) admitted as visitors and (b) refused.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum and what is the average length of interview time for passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors from (a) the United States of America, (b) the Commonwealth, (c) outside the European Economic Community, (d) the New Commonwealth and Pakistan and (e) the Indian subcontinent, for each of the last 10 six-monthly periods for which records are available.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is not available in that form, but the time taken to examine passengers who are not British citizens or EC national averages about a minute.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors from (a) the United States of America, (b) the Commonwealth, (c) outside the European Economic Community, (d) the New Commonwealth and Pakistan and (e) the Indian subcontinent, respectively, were interviewed or detained whilst awaiting interview for (i) up to two hours, (ii) between two and five hours, (iii) between five and 10 hours, (iv) between 10 and 18 hours, (v) between 18 and 24 hours and (vi) over 24 hours.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors were interviewed at each of the ports of entry to the United Kingdom for the last 10 years for which records are available; how many translators have been available at each of these ports; and, of these, how many speak (a) Bengali, (b) Chinese, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi, (e) Punjabi, (f) Tamil, (g) Telugu and (h) Urdu, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI will write to the hon. and learned Member.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of those passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors from (a) the United States of America, (b) the Commonwealth, (c) outside the European Economic Community, (d) the new Commonwealth and Pakistan and (e) the Indian sub-continent who were interviewed or detained whilst awaiting interview for more than five hours, how many were detained due to the absence of translators; and for how long.
§ Mr. Waddingtonthe information requested is not available.