HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 cc464-9W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has about the number of visitors coming through immigration control from countries in the Caribbean over the last five years for which information is available; and how many visitors from Caribbean countries have been denied entry by immigration for each year.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information is published in table 1 of the annual Home Office Command Papers "Control of Immigration Statistics, United Kingdom" (Cmnd. 9863, 166, 415, 726 and 1124 for each year from 1985 to 1989 respectively), copies of which are in the Library.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his best estimate as to how many applications for(a) adult registration with entitlement, (b) naturalisation and (c) registration of minors his Department (i) will receive and (ii) expects to grant in 1990–91.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 16 July 1990]: Information is not available in the exact form requested. We currently estimate that in the financial year 1990–91 we will receive the following applications:

Numbers
Registration of adults 4,000
Registration of minors 8,500
Naturalisation 23,000

As explained in my reply on 20 June to a question from the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Lloyd) at column 574, earlier forecasts of performance are having to be revised in the light of new information about intake, the disruption caused by the process to transfer of work to Liverpool and lower levels of output on the more difficult naturalisation casework than on registration. Until a stable pattern of output emerges following the completion of the process of work transfer, no reliable estimates of grants may be attempted.

Table 1 Spouses and fiance(e)s in the Indian sub-continent applying for entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom
Number of persons or percentage
Husbands
1989 1990
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year 1st quarter
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received1 60 70 40 60 240 70
Applications granted2 40 50 40 50 180 60
Applications refused initially 20 40 20 30 110 40
Refusal rate (percentage)3 29
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received1 70 100 50 80 300 100
Applications granted2 50 50 60 60 220 60
Applications refused initially 50 40 20 30 140 50
Refusal rate (percentage)3 28
Dhaka
Applications received1 90 100 110 100 400 140
Applications granted2 60 60 50 50 210 40
Applications refused initially 60 70 70 80 280 90
Refusal rate (percentage)3 54
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received1 460 430 440 420 1,760 620
Applications granted2 140 200 190 200 730 210
Applications refused initially 320 420 310 370 1,430 530
Refusal rate (percentage)3 65

Number of persons or percentage
Fiances
1989 1990
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year 1st quarter
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received1 50 60 40 40 200 80
Applications granted2 40 40 40 40 160 30
Applications refused initially 40 30 10 30 120 30
Refusal rate (percentage)3 35
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received1 100 60 50 60 260 80
Applications granted2 40 40 40 40 170 60
Applications refused initially 50 50 30 40 170 30

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for entry clearance from(a) wives, (b) husbands, (c) fiancés, (d) fiancées made at British posts in (1) New Delhi, (2) Bombay, (3) Calcutta, (4) Madras, (5) Dhaka, (6) Islamabad, (7) Karachi and (8) Colombo, for each quarter since January 1989, were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused; how many refusals at each post were (i) wholly and (ii) partly because the visa officer was not satisfied that the primary purpose of the marriage was not immigration; how many refusals at each post were (x) wholly and (y) partly because the visa officer was not satisfied that the couple could support and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds; what was the refusal rate at each post; and what percentage of those refusals were (a) wholly and (b) partly on primary purpose grounds.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 16 July 1990]: The information requested on the Indian sub-continent is given in the tables. Where the numbers are small, the figures for individual posts have been combined. Information on refusals which takes account of successful appeals is not compiled for periods shorter than 12 months. Corresponding information for Colombo is not available centrally.

Fiances
1989 1990
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year 1st quarter
Refusal rate (percentage)3 40
Dhaka
Applications received1 4 4 4 10 20 10
Applications granted2 4 4 4 4 10 4
Applications refused initially 4 4 4 4 10 10
Refusal rate (percentage)3 56
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received1 110 100 80 100 390 110
Applications granted2 50 50 40 60 210 60
Applications refused initially 260 170 110 230 780 210
Refusal rate (percentage)3 77

Number of persons or percentage
Wives
1989 1990
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year 1st quarter
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received 1 170 200 140 170 680 180
Applications granted2 120 130 180 180 600 160
Applications refused initially 10 10 20 20 70 10
Refusal rate (percentage)3 10
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received1 370 290 230 270 1,160 460
Applications granted2 190 190 360 270 1,010 270
Applications refused initially 10 10 20 20 50 20
Refusal rate (percentage)3 4
Dhaka
Applications received1 250 310 330 330 1,230 310
Applications granted2 560 450 500 340 1,840 350
Applications refused initially 70 80 60 70 280 90
Refusal rate (percentage)3 10
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received1 920 780 730 630 3,060 920
Applications granted2 750 910 720 470 2,840 660
Applications refused initially 40 30 40 30 140 120
Refusal rate (percentage)3 2

Fiancees
Number of persons or percentage
1989 1990
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year 1st quarter
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received1 70 60 60 70 260 60
Applications granted2 60 30 40 60 180 50
Applications refused initially 20 10 4 10 50 20
Refusal rate (percentage)3 23
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received1 80 60 50 30 220 70
Applications granted2 40 30 30 40 140 40
Applications refused initially 10 10 4 10 40 10
Refusal rate (percentage)3 21
Dhaka
Applications received1 20 10 10 4 40 10
Applications granted2 10 4 10 4 30 4
Applications refused initially 4 4 4 4 4
Refusal rate (percentage)3 14
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received1 40 40 50 50 190 50
Applications granted2 80 70 40 50 240 60
Applications refused initially 10 4 4 4 10 10
Refusal rate (percentage)3 4

— Not available.

1 Including applications subsequently withdrawn or lapsed.

2 Granted initially or on appeal.

3 Applications refused initially, minus applications granted on appeal, as a percentage of applications decided.

4 Five or fewer.

Table 2

Spouses and fiance(e) in the Indian sub-continent refused1 entry clearance

for settlement in the United Kingdom in 1989

Number of persons or percentage
Number refused because couple could not accommodate and/or maintain themselves without recourse to public funds: Number refused because primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom: Primary purpose refusals as a percentage of all refusals:
Solely for these reasons Partly for these reasons Solely for this reason Partly for this reason Solely on primary purpose grounds Partly on primary purpose grounds
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Husbands 10 50 10 72 14
Fiances 4 10 50 10 59 14
Wives 4 4 40 4 58 3
Fiancees 4 4 20 10 42 17
Bombay (including Madras)
Husbands 4 4 80 4 91 3
Fiances 4 110 10 95 5
Wives 10 4 20 4 53 6
Fiancees 4 4 20 4 42 6
Dhaka
Husbands 10 50 180 50 71 20
Fiances 10 4 10 220 260
Wives 60 20 4 10 4 5
Fiancees 4 3 3
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Husbands 10 710 610 710 46 53
Fiances 4 330 350 340 50 48
Wives 430 30 10 10 23 21
Fiancees 4 4 4 218
Total Indian sub-continent
Husbands 20 780 920 770 53 44
Fiances 4 350 510 360 56 40
Wives 110 50 80 30 20 8
Fiancees 10 10 40 10 38 12
1 Applications refused initially, minus applications granted on appeal.
2 Percentage based on fewer than 15 applications refused.
3 Percentage not calculated for 5 or fewer applications refused.
4 5 or fewer, or ½ per cent. or less.

Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he authorised visas to enable Mr. Hassan Ahmed and Mr. Mustofa Mohammed Osman to join their relations in the United Kingdom as set out in his Department's letter dated 9 February to the hon. Member for Woolwich; what steps he has taken to ensure that the British embassy at Mogadishu implements this decision; and why these visas have not yet been issued.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

We have been unable to trace this particular case. If the hon. Member would care to let me have more details and the Home Office reference number, I will look into the matter and write to him.

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