§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is undertaking to obtain a dependable estimate of the number of(a) spouses and (b) children who are currently awaiting entry clearance from Bangladesh.
§ Mr. Peter LloydSuch estimates are available for all three countries in the Indian sub-continent; 1,700 spouses and 2,300 children in Bangladesh were awaiting a decision on their application for entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom at 30 November 1989. Aggregate information for (i) wives, children and persons applying for entry clearance for immediate settlement, and (ii) husbands and male fiances are published in tables 6 and 11 respectively of the annual Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom" (most recently, for 1988, in Cm. 726), a copy of which is in the Library.