HC Deb 22 March 1984 vol 56 cc565-6W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many refusals of entry into the United Kingdom of (a) husbands and (b) fiancés in the Indian Subcontinent in the fourth quarter of 1983 were (i) wholly and (ii) partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was held to be immigration to the United Kingdom;

(2) how many applications for entry to the United Kingdom from (a) husbands and (b) fiancés in the Indian Subcontinent were (i) refused and (ii) granted in the fourth quarter of 1983.

Mr. Waddington

The information requested is given in the following table:

Husbands and fiancés applying for entry clearance for leave to enter the United Kingdom under the 1983 immigration rules* Indian subcontinent
Number of persons
Fourth quarter 1983
Husbands Fiancés
Applications granted 110 190
Applications refused 80 310
Of which, applications refused solely or partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom:
Solely 60 240
Partly 30
* HC 66 and 169.