HC Deb 26 March 2001 vol 365 cc491-2W
Mr. Godsiff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of(a) Albania, (b) Algeria, (c) Angola, (d) Armenia, (e) Azerbaijan, (f) Bahrain, (g) Bangladesh, (h) Belarus, (i) Bulgaria, (j) Cambodia, (k) Cameroon, (l) China, (m) Columbia, (n) the Dominican Republic, (o)Ecuador (p) Egypt, (q) Fiji, (r) the Gambia, (s) Ethiopia, (t) Georgia, (u) Ghana, (v) Guyana, (w) India, (x) Indonesia, (y) Iran, (z) Ivory Coast, (aa) Jordan, (bb) Kenya, (cc) Kuwait (dd) Lebanon, (ee) Liberia, (ff) Libya, (gg) Macedonia (hh) Madagascar, (ii) Mongolia, (jj) Morocco, (kk) Mozambique, (11) Nepal, (mm) Pakistan, (nn) Peru, (oo) the Philippines, (pp) Romania, (qq) Russia, (rr) Saudi Arabia, (ss) Sengal, (tt) Sri Lanka, (uu) the Sudan, (vv) Syria, (ww) Taiwan, (xx) Tanzania, (yy) Thailand, (zz) Tunisia, (aaa) Turkey, (bbb) Yugoslavia, (ccc) Ukraine, (ddd) Vietnam and (eee ) Yemen applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications in 2000; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of these visas returned to their country of nationality before the visas expired; and how many applied (a) to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or (b) for political asylum. [1550251

Mrs. Roche

The available information is given in the table.

Entry clearance data for 2000 are not yet available. No data are available on the numbers of persons who return to their country of nationality before their leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom expires. Information is not available on the number of holders of visas for temporary purposes who apply for asylum or for settlement. The information on grants of settlement includes persons who entered the United Kingdom with an entry clearance leading to settlement; and the data on asylum applications and those who entered by clandestine means include persons who held no entry clearance.

Grants of settlement and applications for asylum 20001
Nationality Grants of settlement2,3 Applications 4 for asylum
Albania 110 1,470
Algeria 980 1,535
Angola 240 765
Armenia 20 85
Azerbaijan 50 70
Bahrain 20 5
Bangladesh 3,660 725
Belarus 60 555
Bulgaria 290 85
Cambodia 10 5
Cameroon 140 335
China 1,640 3,840
Colombia 630 475
Dominican Republic 60 —
Ecuador 100 425
Egypt 470 60
Ethiopia 2,700 390
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia5 2,420 5,695
Fiji 20 *
Gambia 230 40
Georgia 40 220
Ghana 3,010 255
Guyana 190 5
India 7,770 1,850
Indonesia 200 45
Iran 1,790 5,170
Ivory Coast 200 420
Jordan 250 15
Kenya 940 430
Kuwait 50 15
Lebanon 970 270
Liberia 230 50
Libya 340 150
Macedonia 50 55
Madagascar 6— *
Mongolia 10 70
Morocco 580 25
Mozambique 10 5
Nepal 140 605
Pakistan 10,800 2,825
Peru 160 10
Philippines 1,850 25
Romania 310 2,065
Russia7 1,180 980
Saudi Arabia 50 15
Senegal 30 10
Sri Lanka 6,910 6,035
Sudan 1,470 390
Syria 220 130
Taiwan 180 10
Tanzania 380 50
Thailand 910 15
Tunisia 120 15
Turkey 4,850 3,925
Ukraine 380 725
Vietnam 120 180
Yemen 280 180
1 1999 data are provisional
2 Excluding persons given indefinite leave to enter
3 All settlement data are rounded to three significant figures or to the nearest 10 if less than 1,000
4 Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 with * = 1 or 2, and exclude dependants
5 Includes holders of passports of the former Yugoslavia 6 Negligible (ie five or fewer)
7 Includes holders of Soviet Union passports