§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each year since 1978, how many foreign nationals have successfully applied for residence in the United Kingdom from(a) Australia, (b) Bangladesh, (c) Canada, (d) East Africa, (e) Hong Kong, (f) India, (g) New Zealand, (h) Pakistan, (i) South Africa, (j) South America, (k) Sri Lanka, (I) United States of America, (m) West Africa, (n) the West Indies and (o) Zimbabwe.
§ Mr. RentonThe numbers of persons granted settlement in the United Kingdom in each year from 1978 to 1986 are published by nationality in table 21 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom 1986" (Cm. 166), copies of which are in the Library.
§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign nationals have successfully applied for refugee status in the United Kingdom; and what were their countries of origin, for each year since 1978;
(2) how many foreign nationals have unsuccessfully applied for refugee status in the United Kingdom; and what were their countries of origin, for each year since 1978.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information on the outcome of applications for refugee status, by nationality, is for the years 1979 to 1986. The figures for 1979 to 1984 were published in tables 5A–5F of Home Office statistical bulletin "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom, 1985" (issue 12/86). The corresponding figures for 1985 (which have been revised since the issue of that bulletin) and 1986 were published in tables 6 and 7 of the corresponding bulletin for 1986 (issue 13/87). Copies of these publications are in the Library.