§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of(a) men and (b) women waiting for entry clearance visas for entry into the United Kingdom at high commission offices in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka as of 1 June.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe latest available information for posts in Pakistan and India relates to 31 March 1993 and is given in the table. No information is available centrally on the gender of applicants.
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Number of applicants for Entry Clearance Visas waiting for first interview at 31 March 1993 Number of persons Settlement queues Bombay New Delhi Islamabad Madras Queue 1 Persons with a claim to the right of abode, dependent relatives over 70 years old. special compassionate cases 0 0 35 — Queue 2 Spouses, and children under 18 years old 256 337 1,096 — Queue 3 Fiance(e)s and others applying for the first time for resettlement 338 183 226 — Queue 4 Re-applicants 246 116 865 — Total 840 636 2,222 126 1 Madras does not operate a separate queuing system. In Calcutta and Colombo, there are no applicants awaiting first interview. Information on the number of applicants in Karachi is not available centrally but all applicants are expected to receive a first interview within three weeks.