§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the electoral register is currently used by the immigration authorities; and whether there are any plans to use it in that respect when it is available in machine readable form.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe register of electors is consulted by the immigration department in appropriate cases. There are no current plans for machine readable versions of the register to be used.
§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of visitors from the Indian sub-continent refused leave to enter the United Kingdom, the number of those on whose behalf temporary admission is granted following representations by hon. Members and the number of those who are subsequently granted visitor's visas.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe table below gives the number of passengers from the Indian sub-continent who, having been refused entry, were removed in the year to end-November 1985. It is not possible to say how many of these passengers initially sought entry as visitors.
481W The other information requested is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
Number Bangladesh 1,062 India 1,948 Pakistan 1,486
§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of visitors from the Indian sub-continent who, having been granted temporary entry following representation by an hon. Member (a) fails to comply with an order to be removed within 14 days without representations on their behalf and (b) disappear without further trace.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information is not available in the form requested.