§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for the issue of visas to Russian citizens to visit the United Kingdom were received by the British embassy in Moscow and the consulate in St. Petersburg, in each year from 1991 to 1994 and in the current year to date. [35235]
§ Mr. HanleyApplications for United Kingdom visas received by the British embassy in Moscow and the British consulate general in St. Petersburg from 1991 to the present date were:
Moscow St. Petersburg 1991 57,834 Nil 1992 50,303 Nil 1993 61,367 1,429 1994 86,661 16,658 1995 95,850 18,059 1996 40,974 3,903 The 1996 figures for Moscow are correct as at 31 May 1996, and for St. Petersburg as at 31 March 1996. St. Petersburg started its entry clearance operation on 17 November 1993.