§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of visa applications made at each High Commission from 1985 to 30 June 1988 and the number of refusals in each case.
§ Mr. EggarThe number of applications made are not available.
The numbers of entry clearances for the United Kingdom issued at high commissions in 1985, 1986 and 1987 are as listed. The numbers of refusals are available only for 1987. Statistics for 1988 are not yet available.
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1985 1986 1987 Issues Refusals Issues Refusals Issues Refusals Canberra, Australia 4,284 n/a 4,773 n/a 5,685 27 Brisbane 2,185 n/a 2,038 n/a 1,620 2 Melbourne 4,385 n/a 5,037 n/a 3,762 — Perth 1,708 n/a 1,771 n/a 2,142 11 Sydney 6,959 n/a 4,946 n/a 1,115 5 Nassau, Bahamas 527 n/a 400 n/a 290 — Dhaka, Bangladesh 8,139 n/a 6,752 n/a 11,197 5,145 Bridgetown, Barbados 4,222 n/a 3,239 n/a 2,716 130 Belmopan, Belize 187 n/a 363 n/a 139 — Gabarone 442 n/a 550 n/a 652 — Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 2,693 n/a 2,183 n/a 1,965 3 Ottowa, Canada 4,536 n/a 6,415 n/a 8,093 — Edmonton 449 n/a 468 n/a 467 — Montreal 315 n/a 169 n/a 285 — Toronto 715 n/a 1,074 n/a 1,064 1 Vancouver 572 n/a 533 n/a 265 — Nicosia, Cyprus 9,629 n/a 8,141 n/a 7,820 306 Suva, Fiji 860 n/a 757 n/a 592 51 Banjul, Gambia 1,137 n/a 1,139 n/a 1,165 22 Accra, Ghana 1,382 n/a 4,165 n/a 9,198 2,250 Georgetown, Guyana 1,954 n/a 3,159 n/a 1,487 99 New Delhi, India 1,895 n/a 9,607 n/a 38,306 4,247 Bombay 4,046 n/a 25,728 n/a 42,649 1,040 Calcutta 1,283 n/a 2,556 n/a 7,872 102 Madras n/a n/a 1,463 n/a 9,428 218 Kingston, Jamaica 4,064 n/a 4,221 n/a 3,166 706 Nairobi, Kenya 4,355 n/a 3,302 n/a 3,106 83 Lilongwe, Malawi 419 n/a 300 n/a 500 3 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 9,275 n/a 9,371 n/a 9,174 232 Valletta, Malta 1,196 n/a 1,056 n/a 1,255 26 Port Louis, Mauritius 4,375 n/a 2,751 n/a 2,762 237 Auckland, New Zealand 9,516 n/a 6,029 n/a 4,061 n/a Lagos, Nigeria 7,491 n/a 9,388 n/a 42,920 3,545 Kaduna 2,235 n/a 6,280 n/a 8,940 549 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 387 n/a 399 n/a 403 1 Singapore 10,885 n/a 8,637 n/a 9,695 13 Victoria, Seychelles 528 n/a 152 n/a 161 2 Freetown, Sierra Leone 3,076 n/a 2,849 n/a 2,520 118 Honiara, Solomon Islands 85 n/a 61 n/a 98 — Colombo, Sri Lanka 7,153 n/a 8,103 n/a 7,488 860 Mbabane, Swaziland 36 n/a 34 n/a 48 — Dae es Salaam, Tanzania 2,196 n/a 1,980 n/a 1,693 50 Nuku'alofa, Tonga 19 n/a 32 n/a 17 — Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 4,535 n/a 2,891 n/a 2,489 92 Kampala, Uganda 571 n/a 543 n/a 596 11 Vila, Vanuatu 81 n/a 30 n/a 79 — Lusaka, Zambia 1,756 n/a 1,120 n/a 1,847 4 Harare, Zimbabwe 320 n/a 518 n/a 726 34 n/a = not available.