HC Deb 09 June 1997 vol 295 cc291-2W
Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Tunisians were(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in obtaining a visitor's visa to enter the United Kingdom in 1996; and of those who were successful, how many were unmarried. [2186]

Mr. Fatchett

In 1996, 2,416 Tunisian nationals were issued visitors visas by the British Embassy in Tunis. A total of 406 visit applications were refused. The number of Tunisian applicants issued and refused visit visas worldwide and the numbers of those who were married is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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