§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 January,Official Report, column 486, when his Department stopped obtaining the figures for refusal of extension of exceptional leave to remain as quoted in his answer of 10 May 1994, Official Report, column 74; and for what reasons. [16947]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe precise information requested in the hon. Member's previous question has never been available. The answer given on 10 May 1994,Official Report, column 74, was based on the available information, which now broadly indicates that in 1994 and 1995 no more than some 30 persons in either year were refused an extension of exceptional leave to remain.