HC Deb 20 February 1996 vol 272 cc87-8W
Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on the 64 cases covered in his answer of 3 December 1987,Official Report, column 682. [15876]

Mr. Kirkhope

Inquiries are being made and I shall write to my hon. Friend about the outcome.

Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the(a) arrivals and (b) departures from the Indian sub-continent of overseas residents indicating the balance between the two for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [15843]

Mr. Kirkhope

Information on arrivals in the United Kingdom of overseas residents from the Indian sub-continent in 1992–4 was given in my reply to my hon. Friend on 8 February,Official Report, column 304. Corresponding figures for 1990 and 1991 are 257,000 and 260,000 respectively. Data on overseas residents departing from the United Kingdom for the Indian sub-continent are not available.