§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current monthly rate of representations by hon. Members in immigration cases; and how it compares with the rate prior to the introduction of his March 1986 guidelines.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe following table gives the number of immigration files created each month since October 1985 as a result of representations made on immigration matters by right hon. and hon. Members.
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Numbers 1985 October 1,782 November 1,552 December 1,044 1986 January 1,403 February 1,434 March 1,355 April 1,318 May 1,202 June 1,728 July 1,279 August 1,255 September 1,745 October 1,822 November 1,568 December 1,402 Notes:
1. These figures include a number of letters dealing with general issues rather than individual cases.
2. Representations made on 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 reply has been sent are included separately in these figures.
4. Representations received about the same case from more than one right hon. Member or hon. Member are counted separately.
5. These figures include representations on after entry cases as well as those arising from port refusals where stops on removal were followed by written representations.
6. The figures relate to the months in which the representations were received. Those for November and December 1986 include substantial numbers of representations on behalf of passengers who were granted temporary admission in October and who were subsequently refused leave to enter after they had been further interviewed by immigration officers.
7. The guidelines to which my hon. and learned Friend refers were introduced on 1 May 1986.