§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimated cost of processing nationality applications and what was the estimated 818W income from nationality fees and from the interest accruing from fees, in the 1984–85 budget of the Immigration and Nationality Division.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe 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. Dubsasked 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. WaddingtonThe 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.
819W
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. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are currently working on nationality applications in B4 Division of his Department.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIn 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.