HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c405W
Ms Jenny Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for visitors' visas to the United Kingdom were received between January and October at the posts in(a) Bombay and (b) Islamabad; and how many of these applications were refused. [18667]

Mr. Fatchett

Between January and October there were 53,059 applications in Bombay to visit the UK, of which 3,742 were refused; and 22,645 applications in Islamabad, of which 4,044 were refused.