HC Deb 24 October 1985 vol 84 c228W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his current estimate of those of new Commonwealth with Pakistan ethnic origin currently (a) with United Kingdom citizenship and (b) resident in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Whitney

Results from the 1983 labour force survey indicate that of some 2,300,000 persons usually resident in Great Britain who stated that their ethnic origin was other than white, some 1,600,000 were British nationals.

Persons born in NCWP countries, and their United Kingdom-born descendants, form the vast majority among those who stated that their ethnic origin was other than white.