HC Deb 04 February 2000 vol 343 cc747-8W
Mr. Mudie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people with visitors' visas overstayed where the country of origin was(a) Pakistan and (b) India, in each year since May 1997. [108502]

Mrs. Roche

Comprehensive information on the numbers of persons originating from Pakistan and India who have overstayed their leave in the United Kingdom, having originally entered on visit visas, is not available. The available information, which relates to the numbers of those nationals issued with notice of intention to deport on the grounds that they have overstayed, is shown in the following table. Central records do not show how many of those persons had obtained a visit visa.

Nationals of Pakistan and India issued with notice of intention to deport as overstayers, May 1997 to November 1998.
Nationality May to December 1997 January to November 19981
Pakistan 340 400
India 220 210
1 Figures are provisional. Data for December 1998 onwards are not yet available.

Note:

All figures are rounded to the nearest ten.