§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many people have(a) arrived in the United Kingdom on flights originating in the Indian subcontinent and (b) departed from the United Kingdom on flights whose terminal destination is the Indian subcontinent in each of the last 10 years and for each month of this year to date.
§ Mr. KeyI am informed by the Civil Aviation Authority that the latest available information is as shown in the table. Figures for the years before 1986 are not readily available.
Terminal passengers1 on flights with origin or destination to and from the Indian sub-continent2 Year Arrivals Departures 1986 357,587 342,146 1987 379,946 373,690 1988 408,452 382,935 1989 432,313 431,286 1990 476,700 449,993 1991 386,083 353,119 1992: January 38,315 33,723 February 31,581 29,446 March 35,253 25,544 April 37,711 28,359 May 36,918 21,859 June 29,510 28,038 July 32,699 37,648 August 39,873 34,181 September 36,389 29,876 Source: CAA Airport Statistics.
1 Passengers on scheduled and charter services, on both United Kingdom and foreign airlines, including non-revenue passengers. Includes all passengers on services with an origin or destination point in the Indian sub-continent irrespective of where they actually joined or left the aircraft.
2 Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sir Lanka.