HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc638-9W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will indicate for each week in 1988 the number of passengers arriving at(a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Dover holding entry clearance and arriving from each of (i) India, (ii) Pakistan, (iii) Bangladesh, (iv) Ghana and (v) Nigeria.

Mr. Renton

[holding answer 13 February 1989]: The available information is compiled only on a monthly basis and relates to total admissions of passengers excluding those exempt from requiring entry clearance. The data available for 1988 is given in the following table.

Nationality January February March April August September
Gatwick
India 500 500 800 400 1,600 1,400
Pakistan 500 400 400 600 1,100 1,000
Bangladesh 40 30 40 20 90 70
Ghana 300 200 300 200 500 600
Nigeria 2,700 1,700 2,000 1,000 3,700 3,600
Dover
India 140 140 170 380 1,510 920
Pakistan 130 100 130 190 650 350
Bangladesh 20 20 10 60 120 70
Ghana 20 30 30 30 90 80
Nigeria 50 40 60 50 130 110
1 Provisional estimates, reasons. Estimates for May, June and July are not yet available due to delays in the counting of landing cards for technical reasons

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