HC Deb 17 January 1986 vol 89 c715W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many visitors who were refused entry to Britain in the latest 12 months lodged appeals after removal; and what proportion of these appeals were successful;

(2)how many appeals by husbands and male fiancés from (a)India, (b)Bangladesh and (c) Pakistan against refusals of entry clearance were allowed in the year September 1984 to September 1985;

(3)how many (a)wives and (b) children from (i)India, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) Bangladesh have had an appeal against refusal of entry clearance to join their husbands or fathers upheld during the year September 1984 to September 1985.

Mr. Waddington

I regret that the statistics available about appeals and their outcome do not enable this precise information to be provided.