Written question asked by Dudley Fishburn (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 1996. It was answered by Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 December 1996 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: What estimate he has made of the number of overseas domestic workers who have entered and worked in this country legally since 1980. - Includes figures and fact that comprehensive information on domestic workers admitted to the UK is not available.

Answer: Mr. Fishburn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Department what estimate he has made of the number of overseas domestic workers who have entered and worked in this country legally since 1980. [8080] Mr. Kirkhope: Comprehensive information on domestic workers admitted to the United Kingdom is not available. The available information relates to persons granted entry clearance in 1995 by the 21 posts in the middle east and far east which are likely to deal with the vast majority of applications by domestic workers. In the whole of the year, there were some 14,000 entry clearances issued at these posts to domestic workers, the great majority to servants accompanying their employers on a visit to the United Kingdom.

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