§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the advice he is giving to local authorities regarding enforcing Sunday trading provisions before the House of Lords' appeal on the European defence is determined.
§ Mrs. RumboldWe have not generally considered it either appropriate or necessary to issue guidance to local authorities about enforcement of the law on Sunday
Principal applications for asylum in the United Kingdom, by nationality 1988 11989 1 21990 1*1991 Number of principal applicatiokns excluding dependants Zaire 150 470 860 2,580 Angola 40 210 630 2,320 Sri Lanka 400 1,780 3,250 1,770 Pakistan 330 230 1,240 1,240 Uganda 410 1,230 1,580 1,000 Ghana 170 320 530 1,000 Turkey 330 2,350 800 960 Somalia 300 1,850 1,480 850 India 290 600 1,360 740 Ethiopia 230 550 1,640 720 Lebanon 150 180 1,080 550 Togo/Ivory Coast — 10 n.a. 400 Iraq 160 210 940 380 Iran 390 330 340 220 Other African nationalities 230 320 550 3850 Other non-African nationalities 510 730 1,230 1,420 Nationality not yet recorded — — 4,500 — Total—all nationalities 3,950 11,200 22,000 17,000 Total number of applicants including dependants4 5,570 16,400 30,000 n.a. 1 Provisional and estimated figures. 2 The 1990 estimates for specific nationalities are likely to understate because of delays in recording, particularly for African cases. The estimate of cases not yet recorded, and the 1990 total, may also understate. 3 Figures may understate. 4 Includes dependants applying with the principal applicant, and those, to date, arriving subsequently but before the principal application was decided. * January to April.