§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for each of the years 1970 to 1984 inclusive, the proportion of persons admitted for settlement in the United Kingdom who were so admitted as spouses, children or dependants of persons already settled in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe total numbers of spouses and children accepted for settlement on arrival, and on removal of time limit, together with totals for all persons so accepted in the years 1973–84 are given in "Control of Immigration: Statistics" (Tables 15 to 17 of the issues for 1983 (Cmnd. 9246) and 1984 (Cmnd. 9544)). The total number of children admitted for settlement in 1970–72 is given in table 12 of the issue for 1980 (Cmnd. 8199).
The other information requested is not readily available.
§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what authority he includes British citizens within the category of Commonwealth citizens for the purposes of section 1(5) of the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThat of Parliament: I would refer the right hon. Member to section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1948 and section 37 of the British Nationality Act 1981.