§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 23 May, Official Report, column 334, if he will list the number of people entering the United Kingdom in the past 12 months with (i) an entry clearance letter or (ii) a work permit.
§ Mr. WaddingtonFrom the statistics collected of passengers entering the United Kingdom it is not possible to distinguish the total number admitted with prior entry clearance. However, 606,000 entry clearances to the United Kingdom were issued worldwide in 1985. A total of 19,560 work permit holders and their dependants were admitted during 1985; figures for the first quarter of 1986 will be published on 12 June.
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§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stops on the removal of persons from the United Kingdom were made by hon. Members for the period 1 May to 31 May 1986; and what were the figures for the equivalent period for 1985, 1984 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonSix hundred and ninety two covering deportation, illegal entry, and port refusal cases. For May 1985, information is available in respect of port refusal cases only when there were 441 such stops. The equivalent is not available for earlier years.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) during the period 1 May to 31 May, how many hon. Members, having placed a stop on the removal of a person from the United Kingdom, (a) asked for more than 12 working days to make representations, (b) were granted extra time to make representations and (c) did not follow up their original request for a stop;
(2) how many representations made by hon. Members in immigration cases were received too late for consideration by his office in the period 1 May to 31 May 1986.
§ Mr. WaddingtonComplete information for the period in question is not available.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hon. Members were permitted to make secondary representations on removals from the United Kingdom during May 1986; and what were the equivalent numbers for 1985, 1984 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonSeventeen Members made secondary representations in 23 deportation, illegal entry and port refusal cases. For May 1985 information is available for port refusal cases only, when there were 34 secondary representations. The equivalent information is not available for earlier years.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations made by hon. Members by (a) telephone and (b) letter were refused between 1 May and 31 May 1986 due to the case involving a non-constituent.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation on the number of cases in which representations were not accepted for consideration on the grounds that they involved a non-constituent is not centrally recorded. We have no record of any representations being considered and refused during the period on the ground specified.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of representations on immigration matters from hon. Members, received by his office for the period 1 May to 31 May 1986; and what were the equivalent figures for 1985, 1984 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information relates to the number of immigration files* created following representations by right hon. and hon. Members, and is as follows:
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1–31May Number 1983 910 1984 1,007 1985 1,260 1986 1,202 The figures include representations on all after entry cases as well as those arising at the ports.
* Notes:
1. These figures include a small number of letters dealing with general immigration issues rather than individual cases.
2. Representations made of behalf of a single family may be counted as more than one case where the immigration circumstances of more than one member of the family are under consideration.
3. Further representations made after a reply has been sent are included separately in these figures.
4. Representations received about the same case from more than one right hon. or hon. Member are counted separately.