§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the applicants queuing for entry clearance for settlement at each post in the Indian sub-continent are children.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Children awaiting a decision on their application for entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom at the end of June 1985
Indian sub-continent
Post Number of children Children as percentage of all applicants* for settlement awaiting a decision Dhaka 8,700 70 New Delhi 200 15 Bombay 220 18 Calcutta 10 19 Islamabad 3,400 50 Karachi 40 17 Total Indian sub-continent 12,500 57 * Wives, children, other dependent relatives and others for immediate settlement, and husbands and male fiances.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in 1984 how many women in the Indian subcontinent were granted entry clearance to join husbands in the United Kingdom in families where another wife had already been granted entry clearance.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is not available centrally.