HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 cc173-4W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a) Ghanaian, (b) Nigerian, (c) Bangladeshi and (d) Indian nationals who applied while in the United Kingdom to remain as working holidaymakers were refused in each of the last five years;

(2) how many (a) Ghanaian, (b) Nigerian, (c) Bangladeshi and (d) Indian nationals applied while in the United Kingdom to remain as working holidaymakers (i) in 1992 and (ii) in the first six months of 1993.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The available information is of decisions on applications for an extension of stay as a working holidaymaker, and is given in the table.

Decisions1 on applications made in the United Kingdom for an extension of stay as a working holidaymaker2, by whether granted or refused, for certain nationalities
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 (first six months)3
Ghana
Granted 10 200 860 1,150 310
Refused 4— 4— 40 90 40
Nigeria
Granted 70 860 1,910 1,650 380
Refused 10 50 120 300 110
Bangladesh
Granted 4— 10 40 140 50
Refused — 4— — 10 10
India
Granted 20 60 210 280 120
Refused — 4— 4— 30 20
1 Excluding dependants.
2 Including both those whose previous leave was as a working holidaymaker, and those whose previous leave was in another capacity.
3 Data are provisional and may be underrecorded.
4 Five or fewer.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a) Ghanaian, (b) Nigerian, (c) Bangladeshi and (d) Indian nationals who, having applied while in the United Kingdom to remain as working holiday makers, and been granted permission, were later readmitted for a further period for the same purpose in each of the last five years;

(2) how many (a) Ghanaian, (b) Nigerian, (c) Bangladeshi and (d) Indian nationals who, having applied at British high commission in their own countries, and been granted permission to enter the United Kingdom as working holiday makers were later readmitted for a further period for the same purpose in each of the last five years.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The information requested is not identified separately in the statistics of passenger admissions.