§ Lord Giffordasked Her Majesty's Government:
(i) How many Jamaican citizens were granted leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors; and
92WA(ii) how many Jamaican citizens who entered as visitors overstayed beyond the time permitted to them in the last three years for which statistics are available.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)The information requested on Jamaican citizens given leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors is given in the table. Comprehensive information on such citizens who have remained here after their leave has expired is not available.
Jamaican citizens given leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors1 Number of journeys 1991 14,900 1992 14,800 21993 12,000 1The total number of Jamaican citizens given leave to enter was 26,000 in 1991 and 1992, and 22,000 in the period January to September 1993. 2January to September-data for the fourth quarter of 1993 are not yet available.