Leave to Remain

HC Deb 03 March 2003 vol 400 cc821-2W

Mr. Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Polish nationals, married to UK citizens, have applied for leave to remain in the UK in each of the last 12 months. [99986]

Beverley Hughes

The latest available statistics are given in the following table.

The information relates to grants of leave to remain on the basis of marriage to a British citizen in each month in 2001. Data for 2002 will be published later this year.

Information on the number of applications lodged or the number of such applications which have been refused are not currently available.

Nationals of Poland granted leave to remain1 on the basis of marriage to a British citizen, by month, 2001
January	25
February	25
March	30
April	30
May	35
June	30
July	25
August	30
September	30
October	30
November	15
December	10
Total	315
1> Excludes the outcome of appeals.

Data rounded to the nearest 5