HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc660-1W
Fiona Mactaggart

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of each European Union country have been given temporary admission on arrival in the UK, in each year from 1993 to the latest date for which figures are available. [70745]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The information requested is available for the 12 largest ports, and is given in the table. The data relate to persons whose European Union nationality was initially in doubt but later found or assumed to be correct.

European Union Nationals given temporary admission
Year Nationality Number1
1993 France 1
Greece 1
United kingdom 12
14
1994 united kingdom 8
1995 Italy 1
Portugal 3
United kingdom 24
28
1996 France 2
Greece 1
Italy 1
Portugal 6
United kingdom 10
20
1997 france 6
Greece 1
Italy 2
Netherlands 1
United kingdom 2
18
1998 France 1
Italy 1
Netherlands 1
Portugal 2
United kingdom 13
18
1 Data relate to Heathrow (4 terminals), Gatwick (2), Manchester (2), Dover east, Harwich, Stansted, Waterloo.