HC Deb 26 July 1985 vol 83 cc817-9W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimated cost of processing nationality applications and what was the estimated income from nationality fees and from the interest accruing from fees, in the 1984–85 budget of the Immigration and Nationality Division.

Mr. Waddington

The information sought is contained in Annex D to the White Paper "British Nationality Fees" (Cmnd. 9183). Accounts for the year will be published in due course.

Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people by nationality were (a) admitted, (b) refused admission and (c) granted temporary admission to the United Kingdom in the first quarter of the current year.

Mr. Waddington

The available information on non-European Community passengers admitted to and refused entry and removed from the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 1985 is given in the following table. Comprehensive information is not available on temporary admissions in the first quarter of 1985.

Commonwealth Citizens and Non-EC Foreign Nationals Admitted* to or Refused and Removed from the United Kingdom, First Quarter 1985
Nationality Admitted Refused and Removed
Australia 58,200 16
Bangladesh 5,070 150
Barbados 1,450
Canada 73,800 13
Cyprus 6,910 23
Ghana 7,260 284
Guyana 1,000 2
Hong Kong BOTC 11,000 33
India 42,100 464
Jamaica 5,300 14
Kenya 4,020 10
Malaysia 11,400 36
Malta 8,270 6
Mauritius 2,640 33
New Zealand 15,100 7
Nigeria 39,900 516
Sierra Leone 1,360 10
Singapore 4,580 2
Sri Lanka 5,110 72
Tanzania 2,040 17
Trinidad and Tobago 3,360 1
Uganda 1,490 7
Zambia 2,280 10
Zimbabwe 2,640 11
British Overseas Citizens 2,990 8
Other Commonwealth Countries 4,780 31
Commonwealth Total 324,000 1,776
Algeria 4,370 78
Argentina 4,390 12
Austria 18,400 7
Brazil 11,400 21
Bulgaria 650 4
Chile 2,660 8
China 2,630 71
Colombia 3,080 85
Cuba 130 1
Czechoslovakia 2,090
Egypt 9,620 11
Ethiopia 1,100 2
Finland 14,500 6
GDR 780 1
Hungary 2,320 2
Indonesia 1,990 4
Iran 13,700 142
Iraq 3,790 33
Israel 19,300 24

Nationality Admitted Refused and Removed
Japan 83,600 8
Jordan 4,990 10
Kuwait 6,140 1
Lebanon 8,250 14
Libya 640 25
Mexico 4,190 4
Morocco 3,020 107
Norway 48,600 8
Pakistan 20,200 321
Peru 1,680 6
Philippines 4,730 32
Poland 6,830 41
Portugal 16,400 50
Romania 630 4
Saudi Arabia 9,980 13
Somalia 320
South Africa 17,200 17
Spain 56,900 92
Sudan 2,960 17
Sweden 71,600 27
Switzerland 41,100 11
Syria 3,000 10
Thailand 3,220 6
Tunisia 2,680 26
Turkey 10,200 76
USA 451,000 114
USSR 1,260 14
Uruguay 590 1
Venezuela 1,840 2
Yugoslavia 6,380 22
Other foreign Countries 28,900 80
Stateless 12,400 110
Non-EC Foreign Total 1,050,000 1,781
Total Non-EC Countries 1,370,000 3,557
* Excluding a small number of admissions because of late returns from Glasgow.

Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are currently working on nationality applications in B4 Division of his Department.

Mr. Waddington

In the week beginning 22 July 1985 there were 233 full and part-time staff in post in the nationality division. Of these, the equivalent of 212 staff were engaged full time on processing applications.