§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions since 1979 visa officers have appealed against an adjudicator's determination to allow an application for entry clearance; and if he will give a breakdown (i) by post of application in the subcontinent and (ii) by year.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information compiled from statistics maintained by the independent appellate authorities is given in the table. No record is kept for individual posts and prior to 1984 no separate figures were kept for the Indian sub-continent.
Appeals to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal from decisions by adjudicators to allow appeals against refusal of entry clearance Commonwealth Non-Commonwealth EC 1979 47 50 0 1980 33 21 1 1981 21 19 0 1982 28 20 0 1983 23 18 1
India/Bangladesh Pakistan Other Commonwealth EC Others 1984 32 3 10 0 0 1985 20 10 4 0 5
Indian Bangladesh Pakistan EC Others 1986 12 24 27 0 10
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been refused visitor's entry clearance, since the new system was introduced, on the grounds that the immigration officer was not satisfied that the applicant was genuinely seeking entry for only the period of the visit stated by him; and if he will give a breakdown by each post considering applications in the sub-continent.
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§ Mr. RentonInformation is available centrally only on all applications refused for a visit visa, irrespective of the reason for refusal, and is given in the following table:
Applications refused initially in the Indian sub-continent for a visit visa to the United Kingdom Number of persons 1986 1987 14th quarter 1st quarter April Dhaka 600 370 180 Bombay 100 120 90 New Delhi 360 590 260 Calcutta 2— 10 — Madras 30 40 30 Islamabad 440 590 410 Karachi 290 400 150 1 Including applications refused for a visit entry clearance in the period 1 to 14 October. 2 5 or fewer.