§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for visit visas have been refused at the High Commission in Lagos; and what proportion of the total applications this represents, in each of the last four years, and in the current year to date. [60027]
§ Mr. FatchettThe information requested by my hon. Friend is as follows:
British High Commission—Lagos Year Number of non-settlement visas issued Number of refusals Refusals as percentage of total applications processed 19981 30,668 5,877 16.1 1997 27,101 8,681 24.2 1996 33,249 7,963 19.3 1995 23,787 8,165 25.6 1994 31,202 10,232 24.7 1 1998 figures are from January-September