§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people visited the United Kingdom from(a) Poland, (b) Australia and (c) New Zealand in the latest year for which figures are available. [147174]
§ Beverley HughesThe latest available information is given in the table.
Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom as visitors, by nationality, 2002 Total Ordinary visitor
Business visitor
Poland 206,000 147,000 59,400 Australia 453,000 395,000 57,900 New Zealand 116,000 103,000 12,800 Note:
The figures in this table have been rounded to three significant digits; because of this the sum of the constituent items may not agree with the total as shown.
The information is available in the Command Paper 'Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002' (Cm 6053), obtainable from the House Library, The Stationery Office and via the Home Office website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hobpulbsl.html.