HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 cc347-8W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants who have held ELR status and who have applied for ILR have been refused in each of the last three years. [4746]

Angela Eagle

The available information is given in the table.

Table 1: Refusals of an application for indefinite leave to remain1 in the United Kingdom to persons previously granted exceptional leave to remain, 1998–2000
Year Total refusals
1998 40
1999 10
2000 30
1Excludes dependants of principal applicants and the outcome of appeals. Data rounded to the nearest 10.

Mr. Rooney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what orders have been laid under section 84(4)(d) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. [4990]

Angela Eagle

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to him on 2 July 2001,Official Report, column 60W.

SI 2001 No. 1403 exempts from the regulatory scheme administered by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner certain educational institutions and public health bodies. SI 2001 No. 1393 provides temporary exemption from the scheme (until 31 January 2002) to voluntary bodies which, by 30 April 2001, formally committed themselves to apply for the Community Legal Services Quality Mark; and to employers who give immigration advice to work permit holders.