HC Deb 18 May 1993 vol 225 c96W
Mr. Dicks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants and refugees have been admitted into the United Kingdom in each year since 1987.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Information on persons accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom in the years 1987–91 is given in table 9 of the 1991 volume of the annual Home Office Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom" (Cm 2063). Information for 1992 is given in table 3 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin Issue 14/93 "Control of Immigration: Statistics—Third and Fourth Quarters and Year 1992". These figures are of persons subject to immigration control who are granted indefinite leave to remain here. Copies of the publications are in the Library.

Information on the number of applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, and on decisions made, in the years 1987–92 is given in the following table. The fall in applications in 1992 followed measures introduced in late 1991 to deter multiple and other fraudulent claims.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Dr. John Rutherford, MRCPath, DMJ(Path), is a Home Office accredited forensic pathologist based at the North Manchester general hospital, Crumpsall, Manchester.