§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how long is the waiting time for first interview in (a) the main queue and (b) the priority queue in Dhaka, Bombay, New Dehli and Islamabad.
§ Mr. RentonThe information requested is published quarterly in the Home Office bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics". As shown in this bulletin, at the end of third quarter of last year, waiting time to first interview for applicants in the non-priority queue in Dhaka was 22 months; in Bombay, 6 months; in New Dehli, 10½ months; and in Islamabad, 10½ months. Applicants placed in priority queues were interviewed in six months or less in Bangladesh and in two months in India and Pakistan.