§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Muslim priests normally resident in Pakistan but visiting the United Kingdom on a visitor's visa, have applied during the past year, while in the United Kingdom, for rights of residence in order to be employed as a priest in the United Kingdom; how many such applications were granted(a) immediately, (b) after appeal and (c) on being reviewed outside the immigration rules; and how many such applicants were told to return to Pakistan.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 2 November 1992]: People wishing to work in the United Kingdom as ministers of religion are normally required to obtain entry clearance before coming here. Our records show that in 1991, five citizens of Pakistan who were here as visitors were granted extensions of stay as ministers of religion outside the immigration rules. The other information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.