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Written question asked by Audrey Wise (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question
How many (a) men and (b) women, being (i) Pakistani (ii) Indian, (iii) Australian, (iv) Canadian and (v) Filipino citizens, have sought to enter the United Kingdom as spouses or fiances, and have been successful on (1) application and (2) appeal in the most recent year for which figures are available. - Includes tables.
Answer

Mrs. Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women, being (i) Pakistani (ii) Indian, (iii) Australian, (iv) Canadian and (v) Filipino citizens, have sought to enter the United Kingdom as spouses or finances, and have been successful on (1) application and (2) appeal in the most recent year for which figures are available. [21334] Mr. Kirkhope: The latest available information on grants of entry clearance and on successful appeals against an initial refusal of entry clearance in India and Pakistan is given in table A. Corresponding information for the other countries is not available centrally. For those countries, information by nationally on those granted leave to enter the United Kingdom as spouses or fiance(e)s is given in table B. Table A: Grants of entry clearance on application, and successful appeals against a refusal of entry clearance, for spouses or finance(e)s, in India and Pakistan, 1995 Persons _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Entry clearance granted on application, as Successful appeal against refusal of entry spouse or finance(e) clearance as spouse or finance(e) Country where application Males Females Males Females was made Pakistan 1,190 2,320 580 160 India 460 1,880 110 90 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Table B: Persons admitted to the United Kingdom as spouses or finance(e)s, by selected nationalities, 1995 Persons _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Granted leave to enter the United Kingdom as spouse or finance(e) Nationality Males Females Australia 420 580 Canada 140 260 Philippines 70 430 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21334; 292 c834-5W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Appeals Applications Dependants Australia Canada Immigration Migrants Entry clearances India Pakistan Philippines
Contains statistics
Yes