§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of possible miscarriage of justice have been reviewed by his Department for each of the last five years; and how they were disposed of.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is set out in the table as follows:
in the United Kingdom, (ii) in breach of immigration conditions, (iii) alleged illegal entrants and (iv) British citizens; how many requested and were granted legal advice before interview; how many were detained for (x) one day or less, (y) between a day and a week and (z) over a week; and how many subsequently have left the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Charles WardleJoint immigration service/police operations are undertaken at local level and many are on a relatively small scale. Information in the form requested is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from over-age reapplicants from the Indian sub-continent seeking to join a sponsor settled in the United Kingdom have been(a) made, (b) deferred, (c) refused and (d) granted in each year since 1988, to the first quarter of 1993; and how many such reapplicants in each category had undergone successful DNA tests.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not readily available arid could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.
Posts in the sub-continent would have to search all settlement applications made since 1983 to find out in which cases DNA tests had been made.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) husbands, (b) wives and (c) dependent children applying for settlement entry clearance in the Indian sub-continent in each quarter since January 1992 were (i) successful and (ii) refused (1) on first application and (2) on second or subsequent application.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information is given in the table.
139W
Applications for entry clearance made by husbands, wives and dependent children in the Indian subcontinent, 1992 to 1st quarter 19931 Indian subcontinent 1992 1993 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter Applications granted initially Husbands 510 670 1,380 1,110 1,100 Wives 1,550 1,200 1,290 1,360 1,430 Dependent Children 610 470 520 520 570 Applications refused initially Husbands 660 420 460 530 680 Wives 250 160 200 260 280 Dependent Children 170 13 140 190 275 Applications granted on appeal2 Husbands 130 170 180 170 150 Wives 40 40 30 40 30 Dependent Children 40 20 30 30 30 All figures have been rounded to the nearest ten. 1 Latest available information. 2 Initial refusals and numbers granted on appeal do not necessarily refer to the same individuals as an appeal may not be decided in the same year.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for settlement by wives and children in(a) Dhaka and (b) Islamabad were
Applications for entry clearance made by wives and children in Dhaka and Islamabad 1992 to 1st quarter 19931 1992 1993 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter Applications newly received Dhaka 490 540 650 710 570 Islamabad 1,000 750 810 840 1,020 Applications granted initially Dhaka 410 330 390 490 540 Islamabad 980 730 740 740 850 Applications granted on appeal2 Dhaka 10 10 30 20 20 Islamabad 50 30 20 30 30 Applications refused initially Dhaka 130 80 80 160 270 Islamabad 170 110 150 170 200 Applications withdrawn or lapsed this quarter Dhaka 1,950 2,040 2,250 2,430 2,340 Islamabad 70 60 70 60 80 Applications outstanding at end of period Dhaka 30 70 20 40 20 Islamabad 2,290 2,150 2,070 2,000 1,990 Applications awaiting 1st interview at end of period Dhaka 660 750 760 860 980 Islamabad 660 290 3 560 760 Note: All figures have been rounded to the nearest ten.
1 Latest available information.
2 Initial refusals and numbers granted on appeal do not necessarily refer to the same individuals as an appeal may not be decided in the same year.
3 Not available.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for entry clearance as(a) wives, (b) husbands, (c) fiances and (d) fiancées in each British post in all countries for which figures are available apart from those of the Indian sub-continent
140W(i) received, (ii) granted, (iii) refused (iv) deferred at first interview, (v) lapsed and (vi) outstanding and awaiting first interview for each quarter since the beginning of 1992.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information is given in the table.
were (i) granted and (ii) refused in each quarter since January 1992; how many such applications in each category, at each post and in each quarter were refused (1) wholly and (2) partly because of the primary purpose rule; 141W what was the refusal rate at each post; and what percentage of those refusals were (x) wholly and (y) partly on primary purpose grounds.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThis information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without dispropor-tionate expense.