Immigration (Indian Sub-continent)

HC Deb 08 February 1996 vol 271 cc304-5W

Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his assessment as to the reasons for the increase in arrivals and departures to the Indian sub-continent in the last two years. [13345]

Mr. Kirkhope

The data on arrivals and departures are given in the table. The reasons for the increase in arrivals and departures between 1992 and 1994 are not known, but increases have occurred for all arrivals in and departures from the United Kingdom.

	1992	1993	1994
Arrivals in the United Kingdom from the Indian sub-continent of overseas residents	252,000	273,000	313,000
Departures from the United Kingdom to the Indian sub-continent of United Kingdom residents.	372,000	427,000	477,000

Source:

CSO, International Passenger Survey. All figures rounded to three significant figures.