HC Deb 24 May 1984 vol 60 cc471-2W
Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will publish a table showing the number of work permit holders with permits for 12 months or less admitted in 1983 by nationality;

(2) whether he will publish a table showing the number of work permit holders with permits for 12 months or more admitted in 1983 by nationality.

Mr. Waddington

The readily available information, which will be published next week in table 1 of the annual Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom, 1983" is given in the table below.

Work Permit holders admitted to the United Kingdom

by Nationality, 1983

Country or territory issuing passport Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months
Commonwealth
Australia 210 170
Bangladesh 10 10
Barbados * 20
Canada 190 300
Cyprus 10 40
Ghana 10 30
Guyana 10
Hong Kong 190 20
India 140 360
Jamaica * 100
Kenya 10 *
Malaysia 30 20
Malta 10 *
Mauritius *
New Zealand 70 30
Nigeria 30 120
Sierra Leone *
Singapore 20 *
Sri Lanka 10 *
Tanzania *
Trinidad and Tobago 10 10
Uganda * *
West Indies Associated States 10
Zambia * *
Zimbabwe * 10
British Overseas Citizens 10 10
All other Commonwealth territories * *
Commonwealth 960 1,260

Nationals of Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months
Foreign
Algeria * *
Argentina 10 20
Nationals of Employment for twelve months or more Employment for less than twelve months
Austria 40 220
Brazil 20 50
Bulgaria * *
Chile * 10
China 20 10
Colombia 10 10
Cuba * *
Czechoslovakia 10 280
Egypt 20 80
Ethiopia *
Finland 70 50
German Democratic Republic * 30
Hungary * 120
Indonesia * 50
Iran 40 10
Iraq 10 10
Israel 40 260
Japan 780 250
Jordan 10 *
Lebanon 30 30
Libya * 10
Mexico 10 20
Morocco * 40
Norway 90 80
Pakistan 40 60
Peru * *
Philippines 10 10
Poland 20 90
Portugal 20 80
Romania 10
Saudia Arabia 10 *
Somalia *
South Africa 60 70
Spain 50 130
Sudan * *
Sweden 220 290
Switzerland 90 100
Syria 10 20
Thailand 20 *
Tunisia * *
Turkey 30 50
United States of America 1,730 3,840
USSR * 40
Uruguay * *
Venezuela * 10
Yugoslavia 20 40
Other foreign countries 180 210
Stateless
Foreign 3,770 6,720
All nationalities 4,720 7,980
* Less than 5.
— Nil.