HC Deb 13 December 1994 vol 251 cc569-70W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present waiting time for interview for entry visas for the United Kingdom at British high commission offices in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India for(a) husbands, (b) wives and (d) fiancés and fiancées.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

Information on waiting times to first interview for applicants in the settlement queues in Pakistan and India is published in table 2.5 of the Home Office Statistical Bulletin issue 25/94 "Control of Immigration: Statistics UK First and Second Quarters

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of applications for asylum(a) made at ports and (b) made in the country in each month in 1993;

(2) what was the number of applications for asylum (a) made at ports and (b) made in the country in each month in 1994.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The information requested is given in the table.

1994" published on 20 October 1994, a copy of which is in the Library. Information on Sri Lanka is not collected centrally.