§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what records of passengers arriving at United Kingdom ports of entry, by category of admission, are placed on the immigration and nationality department electronic computer system—INDECS—computer; what actions are recorded about individuals; what criteria are used when considering whether passenger details should be entered on INDECS; and how many entrants to the United Kingdom have had any details entered on INDECS.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 19 October 1992]: INDECS contains records of passengers given a limited leave to enter the United Kingdom although most people admitted for short-term purposes are not entered on the system. Details on the landing card are recorded with the expiry date of the leave to enter. Any subsequent variations to that leave, and the person's departure from the United Kingdom, are also recorded. Of the 8.1 million admissions of non-EC nationals in 1991, 1.2 million were recorded on INDECS.