Written question asked by Graham Allen (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 July 1994. It was answered by Mark Lennox-Boyd (Conservative) on Monday, 18 July 1994 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: How many applications for entry clearance as (a) wives, (b) husbands, (c) fiances, (d) fiancees in each British post in all countries for which figures are available apart from those of the Indian subcontinent were (i) granted and (ii) refused in each quarter since January 1993; how many such applications in each category, at each post and in each quarter were refused (1) wholly and (2) partly because of the primary purpose rule; what was the refusal rate at each post; and what percentage of those refusals were (x) wholly and (y) partly on primary purpose grounds. - Inc fig.

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