HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 cc509-10W
Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Zimbabwean residents have left Zimbabwe and sought residency in the United Kingdom during the last 12 months. [175156]

Mr. Browne

I have been asked to reply.

The requested information is not available.

Data are available on the number of entry clearance applications granted in Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean nationals seeking asylum. The latest available data are provided in the tables. In addition 3,530 Zimbabwean nationals were granted settlement in 2002.

Detailed statistics on immigration control are published in the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002" (cm 6053) obtained from the House Library, the Stationary Office and via the Home Office website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ commandpubs1.html

Information on asylum applications is published in quarterly web pages and in the animal statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Copies of these publications and others relating to general immigration to the UK are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ immigrationl.html

Initial decisions made on asylum applications1,2 received

in the United Kingdom excluding dependants, 2003,

nationals of Zimbabwe

Initial decisions
Total decisions 4,175
Grants of asylum 870
Grants of ELR3 10
Grants of HP4 5
Grants of DL4 20
Total refusals 3,275
1Provisional figures rounded to nearest 5, with* = 1 or 2
2Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
3Granted between 1 January 2003 and 31 March 2003 only.
4Granted from 1 April 2003.
Decisions on entry clearance applications, nationals

of Zimbabwe, 20021

Entry clearance applications for: Granted2 Refused initially3
Temporary purposes4 8,665 4,160
Settlement5 1,475 80
1Actual data not available, estimates based on financial year data.
2Granted initially or on appeal.
3Some may have been granted subsequently on appeal.
4 Nationals of certain countries currently need a visa to enter the UK regardless of the purpose of their journey.
5Includes applications for a certificate to the right of abode.

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