§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people entered the UK from(a) Russia and (b) China in the latest year for which figures are available. [148410]
§ Beverley HughesThe latest available information is given in the table.
Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom under all categories, by nationality, 2002 Number of journeys—all categories Russia 167,000 People's Republic of China 228,000 The figures in this table have been rounded to three significant digits.
Data on passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom are published in the Command Paper `Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002' (Cm6053), obtainable from the Library, The Stationery Office and via the Home Office website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hobpubsl.html.