HC Deb 14 June 2004 vol 422 cc765-6W
Mr. Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people entered the UK under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme in the five years up to 1 May, broken down by nationality. [176466]

Mr. Browne

The latest information is for 1999 to 2003, and is given in the table.

Criminal Justice Intervention Programme—Phase 1 DAT Areas
£
Drug Action Team

funding 2003–04

 Partnership

capacity

 Treatment

pooled budget

 Through care

after care

 Capacity

building

(CJIP)

 Building safer

communities1

 Young people

funding (from

HO, DH,

DfES, YJB)

 Total
Camden 68,164 2,465,512 185,776 550,000 433,752 282,082 4,037,366
Ealing 72,034 2,134,853 153,411 450,000 482,911 310,230 3,665,578
Hackney 68,331 2,749,137 208,537 620,000 477,731 401,866 4,602,486

Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom as Seasonal

Agricultural Workers, by nationality, 1999 to 20032
United Kingdom Number of journeys
1999 2000 20011 2002 20032
Bulgaria 1,185 1,290 1.100 1,730 1,965
Cyprus 0 3— 0 0 3—
Czech Republic 270 250 575 520 385
Estonia 115 125 265 305 485
Hungary 95 100 75 100 80
Latvia 290 340 590 985 1,635
Lithuania 1,375 1,255 515 2,090 2,615
Malta 0 0 0 0 0
Other Former USSR 205 420 310 865 1,340
Poland 3,470 3,195 3,760 4,485 6,175
Romania 315 305 125 330 545
Russia 130 215 255 625 1,005
Slovakia 310 365 420 815 845
Switzerland 3— 3— 3— 0 0
Turkey 30 25 45 25 55
Ukraine 1,670 1,835 135 3,640 3,235
Yugoslavia 3— 3— 3— 3— 5
Croatia 3— 0 3— 3— 3—
Slovenia 3— 5 10 5 0
Other Former Yugoslavia 140 125 55 80 60
Others 150 250 150 310 285
Total 9,760 10,105 8,390 16,910 20,715
1Data for 2001 may understate the actual arrivals due to data quality issues in recording the entry of persons under the scheme.
2 Provisional and subject to change. The figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
3 = 1 or 2.