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Ms Corston : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research, with specific reference to children, she has commissioned to satisfy the recommendation made by the panel on dietary reference values of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy in 1991 on investigations to be carried out into nutrient requirements of the United Kingdom population, their nutritional status and methods for its measurement, particularly for the elderly and for children.
Mr. Sackville : I have been asked to reply.
As part of the national diet and nutrition survey programme, run jointly by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, a survey of children aged one and a half to four and a half years was completed in July 1993 and the report is expected to be published later this year. A survey of children aged five to 15 years is being planned. In 1993, the Department of Health and Medical Research Council's nutrition programme committee commissioned two research projects to examine the relationship between weight, height and nutritional status of children and their current and future health. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food also has research programmes on optimum nutrient status and on dietary surveys, including improvements in methodology.
Ms Corston : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the difference in the energy requirements defined by her Department's dietary experts for a family with a boy aged eight and a girl aged six in which (a) both parents are unemployed and (b) both parents are in full-time employment ; and what are the relative risks in each family of not being able to meet those requirements.
Mr. Sackville : I have been asked to reply.
Employment status is not known to have any direct influence on energy requirements.
Ms Corston : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what specific information about the energy requirements of children of different ages in families with different levels of income has been issued by her Department in the 1990s.
Mr. Sackville : I have been asked to reply.
The report from the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy--COMA-- "Dietary Reference Values for
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Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom", copies of which are available in the Library, provided estimates of average energy requirements by age, sex and activity level, but not income. Income is not known to influence energy requirements.WALES
Schools (Road Safety)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will request the Curriculum Council for Wales to (a) undertake research into the current provision of road safety education in schools, (b) identify examples of good practice and (c) recommend how such good practice might be extended.
Sir Wyn Roberts : No. Neither my right hon. Friend nor I have plans to invite the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales to conduct such research.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider including training of teachers in road safety education as a national priority area in grants for education support and training.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Details of the Welsh Office's 1995-96 grants for education support and training--GEST--programme were sent to local education authorities in June this year. Training in road safety education is not included in the programme which has been the subject of extensive consultations with LEAs. The Department will, in due course, consult LEAs on the priorities to be supported in the 1996-97 GEST programme and will consider any proposals for funding, including any relating to road safety education, as part of that exercise.
Child Care Services
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total public expenditure on child care services for pre-school children under the age of five years, by sector, including all local authority provision and grants to the voluntary sector, for each year from 1989-90 to 1993-94 ; and what was the total public expenditure on these services as a percentage of gross domestic product for Wales in each of these years.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Information is not available in the form requested.
Welsh Development Agency
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people work on the Welsh Development Agency industrial estates ; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1986.
Mr. Redwood : I will arrange for the chief executive of the agency to write to the hon. Member and for a copy of his letter to be placed in the Library of the House.
Cancer Statistics
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of cancer have been identified in each years in Wales since 1979.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The number of malignant neoplasms registered in each year since 1979 is given in the following table. Figures for 1990 and later years are not yet complete for all hospitals in Wales.
|All Malignant
|Neoplasms
|(ICD9 (140-
|208)
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1979 |12,456
1980 |12,554
1981 |12,642
1982 |12,686
1983 |13,737
1984 |14,414
1985 |14,848
1986 |15,284
1987 |15,241
1988 |15,775
<1>1989 |15,397
<1> Provisional
Source: Wales Cancer Registry
Disabled People
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what role will be played by his Department in any consultation on disability ; and what plans he has to publish a consultation paper on countering unfair discrimination against disabled people in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : My right hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for disabled people announced the publication of a consultation document on 15 July. The Welsh Office contributed to its preparation. My right hon. Friend and I welcome the publication of this document and would encourage everyone with an interest in these issues, especially disabled people themselves, to let us have their views.
Out-of-school Services
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total public expenditure on out-of-school services for children from the age of five for each year since 1989-90 ; and what was the total public expenditure on these services as a percentage of the gross domestic product for Wales for each of these years.
Sir Wyn Roberts : This information is not held centrally. Grant of £24,022, £40,872 and £18,240 were paid to Kids Club Network in financial years 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 respectively, from the Department's child and family services grant scheme. In 1993-94 the Department launched its out-of-school children grant initiative through the training and enterprise councils in Wales with a grant of £153,000.
Health Authorities (Legal Fees)
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much (a) Clwyd, (b) East Dyfed, (c) Gwent, (d) Gwynedd, (e) Mid Glamorgan, (f) Pembrokeshire, (g) Powys and (h) West Glamorgan health authorities spent on legal fees in each year from 1983 to 1993.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
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Caring for the Future"
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost of publishing "Caring for the Future" ; and how many documents were published.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The cost of publishing 25,000 copies of the English language version of "Caring for the Future" was £22,600, equivalent to 90p a copy. The cost of producing 2,000 copies of the Welsh language version was £5,700, equivalent to £2.85 a copy.
GP Lists (Removal of Patients)
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details for each family health service authority area and for Wales as a whole of the number of patients removed from general practitioners' lists for the latest available year ; and how many and what proportions of these were removed without their consent.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : This information is not available in the form requested. The following table shows the number of patients removed from general medical practitioners' lists in 1993 at the request of the doctor and the number of those who were re-allocated to another doctor in the same area by their family health services authority.
|Patients |Patients
|removed |reallocated
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Clwyd |532 |<1>-
Dyfed |95 |49
Gwent |244 |126
Gwynedd |87 |31
Mid Glamorgan |407 |177
Powys |<2>6 |<2>4
South Glamorgan |831 |279
West Glamorgan |567 |261
|--- |---
Wales Total |2,769 |<3>927
<1>Not available.
<2>Financial year 1993-94.
<3>Excludes Clwyd.
Notes:
1. All figures shown in the table have been
provided by individual
authorities and have not been statistically
validated.
2. Information on the specific numbers of patients
removed from GPs'
lists without their consent is not available. The
table indicates the number
of patients who transferred at the request of
doctors and will include those
who moved against their wishes. Other reasons for
removal include
patients who moved out of the practice area.
3. If the patient has been transferred more than
once during the year
he/she will have been counted each time.
4. Removals due to the death of the patient,
emigration, adoption and
the retirement of the doctor are not shown in the
table.
5. Patients reallocated by the authority are those
who were unable to
find another doctor within the area willing to
accept their registration.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the current annual budgets of all the grant-maintained schools in Wales ; and what are the capital and revenue allocations made by him to each such school during the current financial year.
Mr. Redwood : The annual maintenance grants, special purpose grants for development and capital grants allocated to grant-maintained schools in the current financial year are shown in the following table :
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Capital Grants
School |County |AMG |SPG(D) |Formula |Projects
|£ |£ |£ |£
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Bryn Elian |Clwyd |1,682,885 |37,750 |27,100 |250,000
Derwen |Clwyd |254,564 |9,400 |16,000 |300,000
Eirias |Clwyd |2,301,715 |55,100 |34,040 |280,000
Emrys ap Iwan |Clwyd |2,529,331 |58,750 |35,500 |579,726
Maelor |Clwyd |1,223,319 |26,300 |22,520 |99,681
Pen-y-Bryn |Clwyd |386,954 |15,000 |18,000 |50,000
Brynmawr |Gwent |1,317,383 |27,000 |22,800 |685,469
Cwmcarn |Gwent |881,624 |18,000 |19,200 |262,729
Our Lady |Gwent |348,379 |10,800 |16,320 |180,000
St. Albans |Gwent |1,339,177 |29,250 |23,700 |606,000
Caergeiliog |Gwynedd |391,316 |12,700 |17,080 |262,000
Llanerfyl |Powys |69,304 |5,000 |16,000 |73,000
Mary Immaculate |South Glamorgan|1,423,755 |30,550 |24,220 |-
St. Cyres |South Glamorgan|3,091,696 |71,250 |40,500 |540,000
Stanwell |South Glamorgan|2,353,411 |53,600 |33,440 |1,972,752
Bishop Vaughan |West Glamorgan |<1>2,309,330 |48,350 |31,340 |594,283
<1>Provisional.
In addition, the Department would meet 50 per cent. of the school's premises insurance costs, and provide funding to help with the cost of VAT. Schools may also apply for a special purpose grant for restructuring in their first two years as a grant-maintained school.
West Wales Task Force
Mr. Ainger : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy that, if the proposed closure of proof and experimental establishment Pendine is confirmed, he will consider as included in the west Wales task force area those communities of east Carmarthenshire directly affected by any closure or cut back and increase the funding of the task force accordingly.
Mr. Redwood : The position of the communities most directly affected can be considered once the consultations with staff on the proposal for a phased run down are complete. The consultation period ends on 14 October.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the estimated average times which will be taken under the tariff scheme of the criminal injuries compensation scheme (i) to make a first decision, (ii) to deal with a case subject to internal review and (iii) to decide a case which goes to appeal ; and what is his projection of the estimated percentage of cases which will be concluded within 12 months.
Mr. Maclean : No realistic averages are yet calculable. I would, however, refer the hon. Member to the challenging performance targets which have been set for the new Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. These are set out at paragraph 11.2 of the guide to the tariff scheme, which was published in March. A copy was placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average award of the criminal injuries compensation scheme in (a) 1965, (b) 1988 and (c) 1993 expressed at 1993 prices ; and what annual real-terms rate of increase that represents.
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Mr. Maclean : The following information has been calculated using data given at annexe A to the White paper "Compensating Victims of Violent Crime", Cm. 2434, published in December 1993.
At 1992-93 prices, the average award in 1964-65 was £2,737 ; in 1987- 88, it was £3,376, and in 1992-93, it was £4,162. That represents an annual average rate of increase between 1964-65, and 1987-88 of 1 per cent. and between 1987-88 and 1992-93 of 5 per cent.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the staff required to administer the criminal injuries compensation tariff scheme in (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97 will be paid over £35,000 ; and if he will publish a table of the grading of staff who presently administer the existing scheme and those required for the proposed scheme.
Mr. Maclean : It is expected that the number of staff administering the tariff scheme in the period 1994-97 who will earn more than £35, 000 a year will be between two and four. The staff administering the two criminal injuries compensation schemes now, and the staff expected to be doing so at 31 March 1995, are set out in the following table. This does not include the 41 board members working on the old scheme.
|Number at
Grade |Number now |31 March 1995
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5 |1 |1
6 (Legal) |1 |1
7 |1 |1
7 (Legal) |14 |14
SEO |4 |5
HEO |19 |33
EO |55 |54
TM |1 |1
PS |3 |3
AO |216 |212
SGBI |1 |1
SGBII |12 |12
TYP |18 |18
AA |88 |94
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assumptions have been made in estimating future costs of both the existing scheme of criminal injuries compensation and the proposed tariff
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scheme with particular reference to projected levels of violent crime, the numbers of victims and applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.Mr. Maclean : The assumptions used to calculate the future costs of an unreformed scheme were given in a written answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Mrs. Roche) on 6 July, Official Report , column 201. In estimating the future costs of the tariff scheme, it was assumed that applications received would increase at a similar rate to an unreformed scheme and that the number of resolved cases attracting an award would be broadly the same. It was further assumed that the productivity improvements facilitated by the simpler tariff scheme would enable staff to resolve more cases.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much saving will be made in the criminal injuries compensation scheme in 1994-95 ; what proportion of victims will be adversely affected ; and if he will make a statement on the basis for his calculations.
Mr. Maclean : It is currently expected that expenditure on compensation in 1994-95 will be some 10 per cent. higher than last year's figure of £166 million. The basis on which our forward costings are calculated has been explained again today in answer to other questions from the hon. Member. It has been estimated that, under the tariff scheme, 60 per cent. of claimants will receive as much as, or more than, they would have done under the old scheme.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the proposed remuneration arrangements for appeal panel members of the criminal injuries compensation scheme ; how many person-days in each year it has been estimated will be necessary to deal with appeals ; and what is the estimated total annual cost.
Mr. Maclean : It is currently expected that, when the residual old scheme cases have been cleared and the tariff scheme stands alone, some 40 to 50 appeals panel members will be required, sitting for an average of 40 to 50 days a year. Their remuneration will be at the same daily rate that members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board receive when hearing appeals. Currently this is £259 a day. The annual cost is likely to be in the order of £500,000.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff will be required to administer the tariff scheme for the criminal injuries compensation scheme in (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97.
Mr. Maclean : The White Paper "Compensating Victims of Violent Crime", (Cm 2434), explained at paragraph 30 that the old scheme and the tariff scheme would run in parallel for about two years, until the balance of old scheme cases had been resolved. The same administrative staff would work on both schemes, with a
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gradual cross-over of staff as the balance of work shifted from the old scheme to the new. This would keep the overall costs of administration as low as possible.It is not possible to predict precisely how quickly this change over will occur or how many staff will notionally be working on one scheme or the other during any particular period.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victims are likely to receive less money under the revised criminal injuries compensation scheme ; and if he will break down the figures into bands (a) £500 to £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £5,000, (c) £5,000 to £10,000, (d) £10,000 to £50,000 and (e) over £50,000.
Mr. Maclean : The information is not available in the form requested, but the following estimates are based on calculations using data from the sampling exercise undertaken to set the tariff. About 8 per cent. of claimants might receive between £500 and £1, 000 less under the tariff scheme than under the "old" scheme ; about 15 per cent. might receive between £1,000 and £5,000 less ; and about 4 per cent. might receive a payment lower by some £5,000 or more than it would otherwise have been.
Mr. Mike O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the framework and frequency for upgrading the proposed tariffs under the criminal injuries compensation scheme.
Mr. Maclean : Paragraph 14 of the rules of the tariff scheme provides for the tariff to be revised from time to time by the Secretary of State ; a copy of the rules was placed in the Library of the House.
Environmental Information Regulations 1992
Mr. Ainger : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information on animals held in captivity for scientific purposes have been made to his department citing the Environmental Information Regulations 1992 ; and how many were accepted as falling within the scope of the regulations.
Mr. Charles Wardle : No such requests have been received.
Driving Offences
Mr. Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motorists were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i) failure to accord precedence at pedestrian crossings, endorseable offences, (ii) failure to comply with traffic signs, (iii) speed limit offences, (iv) driving and so on after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (v) reckless driving in (i) the Metropolitan police area of London and (ii) for England and Wales in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
Mr. Maclean : The available figures are as follows :
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Number of proceedings and findings of guilt for certain motoring offences in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Police District
1990-1992
Proceedings Findings of guilt
Year and offence |England and |Metropolitan |England and |Metropolitan
|Wales |police |Wales |police
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1990
Neglect of pedestrian rights (endorsable offences)<1> |14,003 |2,467 |12,248 |2,198
Failing to comply with traffic signs |25,358 |3,181 |21,253 |2,779
Speed limit offences |173,163 |9,501 |163,477 |9,187
Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs |127,638 |19,521 |113,166 |16,562
Reckless driving |11,270 |629 |7,647 |500
1991
Neglect of pedestrian rights (endorsable offences)<1> |14,003 |3,883 |11,771 |3,143
Failing to comply with traffic signs |32,705 |5,446 |27,529 |4,171
Speed limit offences |168,980 |13,002 |156,804 |11,870
Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs |118,584 |19,378 |103,821 |16,031
Reckless driving |11,940 |878 |7,690 |600
1992
Neglect of pedestrian rights (endorsable offences)<1> |12,898 |4,423 |10,433 |3,368
Failing to comply with traffic signs |40,077 |9,722 |34,229 |7,769
Speed limit offences |161,352 |14,376 |148,493 |12,471
Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs |110,208 |17,319 |95,207 |13,876
Reckless driving |11,040 |964 |6,849 |535
<1> Includes also offences of neglect of pedestrian rights in controlled areas, on pelican crossings, in playstreets etc. in addition to
zebra and pedestrian
crossings.
Figures for 1993 are not yet available.
Betting Offices
Sir Ivan Lawrence : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for changes in the controls on the displays and facilities in licensed betting offices.
Mr. Howard : I have carefully considered the responses to last year's consultation exercise on changes to the controls on the displays and facilities in licensed betting offices. I have now decided to ease these controls, so as to give consumers greater choice and lighten the burden on the betting industry.
Since betting offices were first permitted in 1961, they have been required to operate behind obscured windows. In addition, licensees have not been allowed to advertise their services on shop windows or to display any moving text or images. Since 1986, betting offices have been allowed to provide a very limited range of refreshments and television sets have been permitted, but with restrictions on screen size and positioning so as not to be seen from outside.
I propose that, in future, betting offices should be able to have clear windows and to provide a wider range of pre-packed snacks and sandwiches. They would be free to display information on the facilities available in their premises, the events on which betting is taking place, the range of bets available, and the odds offered on any particular event. In addition, the current restriction on the maximum size of television screens in betting offices would be lifted, as would the ban on displays incorporating moving text.
I hope to bring these changes before the House later in the year.
Bail (Amendment) Act 1993
Mr. Page : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what effect the powers available to prosecutors under the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 are being put since it came into force on 27 June.
Mr. Maclean : It is too early to draw conclusions, and I cannot comment on individual cases, but it has been reported that prosecutors made use of the powers--which
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allow an appeal against the granting of bail by a magistrates court--the day after the Act came into force, and as a result a defendant continued in custody.Animal Procedures Committee
Mr. Page : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice he has received from the Animal Procedures Committee in respect of regulatory toxicity ; and what action he proposes to take.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend has received the Committee's report on this subject, which was based on the work of the sub-committee chaired by Dr. Onora O'Neill, principal of Newnham college, Cambridge. I am grateful to Dr. O'Neill and the other members of the sub- committee for the efforts that they have put in to this difficult and important subject. The Home Office will be consulting with regulatory and other interested bodies about the committee's recommendations. Copies of the report have been placed in the Library.
Additional copies of the report can be obtained from the Home Office Publications Unit, Room 1024, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AT (£2.00 plus postage and packing).
Immigration
Mr. Marlow : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the effects of recent European Union visa proposals on controls on third-country nationals seeking to enter the United Kingdom.
Mr. Charles Wardle : On 13 July, the Commission outlined in a press statement proposals relating to a uniform format for visas, for which there is provision in article 100c of the treaty of Rome. The Commission has yet to publish its proposals. When it does so, they will be made available to Parliament in accordance with the normal scrutiny requirements.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for entry clearance from (a) wives, (b) husbands, (c) fiance s and (d) fiance es made at British posts in (1) New Delhi, (2) Bombay, (3) Calcutta, (4) Madras, (5) Dhaka, (6) Islamabad, (7) Karachi and (8) Colombo for each quarter since January
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1993 were (m) received, (n) granted and (o) refused ; how many refusals at each post were (i) wholly and (ii) partly because the visa officer was not satisfied that the primary purpose of the marriage was not immigration ; how many refusals at each post were (i) wholly and (ii) partly because the visa officer was not satisfied that the couple could support and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds ; what was the refusal rate at each post ; and what percentage of those refusals were (x) wholly and (y) partly on primary purpose grounds.Column 156
Mr. Charles Wardle : Information for the Indian sub-continent for each quarter of 1993 and for the first quarter of 1994 is given in the tables. Where the numbers are small, figures for individual posts have been combined. Information on reasons for refusals is not compiled for periods shorter than 12 months. Corresponding information for Colombo is not available centrally.
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Table 1
Spouses and fiance(e)s in the Indian sub-continent applying for entry
clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom
1993 and first quarter 1994
Number of persons and percentage
1993 1994
|Q1 |Q2 |Q3 |Q4 |Year |Q1
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Husbands
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received<1> |70 |70 |70 |80 |280 |90
Applications granted<2> |60 |50 |50 |60 |210 |60
Applications refused initially |30 |20 |40 |40 |120 |50
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |32 |n/a
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received<1> |100 |100 |70 |60 |340 |100
Applications granted<2> |70 |70 |70 |70 |280 |70
Applications refused initially |30 |50 |40 |40 |160 |50
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |27 |n/a
Dhaka
Applications received<1> |320 |260 |230 |260 |1,060|270
Applications granted<2> |310 |210 |180 |260 |960 |230
Applications refused initially |80 |50 |60 |120 |310 |130
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |22 |n/a
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received<1> |770 |660 |610 |600 |2,640|750
Applications granted<2> |660 |480 |470 |380 |1,990|440
Applications refused initially |550 |470 |460 |410 |1,900|310
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |43 |n/a
Wives
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received<1> |260 |240 |190 |180 |880 |320
Applications granted<2> |160 |150 |200 |220 |720 |220
Applications refused initially |40 |30 |60 |50 |180 |60
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |19 |n/a
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received<1> |380 |270 |200 |210 |1,060|330
Applications granted<2> |130 |280 |280 |180 |940 |240
Applications refused initially |20 |30 |30 |40 |120 |50
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |9 |n/a
Dhaka
Applications received<1> |420 |360 |310 |290 |1,380|330
Applications granted<2> |290 |190 |240 |460 |1,180|300
Applications refused initially |60 |50 |40 |40 |190 |40
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |13 |n/a
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received<1> |880 |760 |770 |290 |3,020|910
Applications granted<2> |780 |610 |600 |460 |2,390|600
Applications refused initially |160 |130 |180 |40 |620 |70
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |18 |n/a
<1>Including applications subsequently withdrawn or lapsed.
<2>Granted initially or on appeal.
<3>Applications refused initially, minus applications granted on appeal,
as a percentage of applications decided.
<4>Five or fewer; -nil; n/a not applicable.
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Number of persons and percentage
1993 1994
|Q1 |Q2 |Q3 |Q4 |Year|Q1
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Male fiances
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received<1> |30 |30 |20 |30 |110 |30
Applications granted<2> |20 |<4>-|10 |10 |30 |10
Applications refused initially |30 |20 |20 |20 |100 |40
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |74 |n/a
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received<1> |30 |30 |10 |20 |90 |40
Applications granted<2> |20 |20 |20 |30 |90 |20
Applications refused initially |30 |30 |20 |20 |100 |20
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |36 |n/a
Dhaka
Applications received<1> |<4>-|<4>-|<4>-|- |10 |10
Applications granted<2> |- |<4>-|<4>-|- |<4>-|<4>-
Applications refused initially |<4>-|<4>-|<4>-|<4>-|10 |<4>-
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |73 |n/a
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received<1> |40 |40 |40 |30 |140 |30
Applications granted<2> |30 |30 |20 |20 |100 |20
Applications refused initially |30 |30 |40 |20 |120 |20
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |47 |n/a
Female fiancees
New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Applications received<1> |40 |40 |40 |30 |140 |40
Applications granted<2> |30 |10 |20 |20 |80 |30
Applications refused initially |20 |10 |10 |10 |50 |20
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |37 |n/a
Bombay (including Madras)
Applications received<1> |40 |30 |30 |30 |120 |40
Applications granted<2> |20 |30 |30 |30 |110 |20
Applications refused initially |<4>-|<4>-|10 |10 |30 |10
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |14 |n/a
Dhaka
Applications received<1> |<4>-|10 |10 |<4>-|20 |<4>-
Applications granted<2> |<4>-|<4>-|<4>-|<4>-|10 |<4>-
Applications refused initially |- |- |<4>-|- |<4>-|<4>-
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |18 |n/a
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Applications received<1> |50 |40 |60 |60 |200 |30
Applications granted<2> |30 |40 |30 |30 |120 |20
Applications refused initially |10 |<4>-|10 |10 |30 |10
Refusal rate (percentage)<3> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |15 |n/a
<1>Including applications subsequently withdrawn or lapsed.
<2>Granted initially or on appeal.
<3>Applications refused initially, minus applications granted on
appeal, as a percentage of applications decided.
<4>Five or fewer; -nil; n/a not applicable.
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Table 2
Spouses and fiance(e)s in the Indian sub-continent refused entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom, 1993
Number of persons and percentages
Number refused Number refused Primary purpose
because couple because pri- refusals as a
could not mary purpose of percentage of all
accommodate/ marriage was refusals
maintain to obtain
themselves without admission to the
recourse to United Kingdom
public funds
|these reasons|these reasons|these reasons|these reasons|primary |primary
|purpose |purpose
|grounds |grounds
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New Delhi (including Calcutta)
Husbands |10 |20 |60 |20 |50 |15
Wives |10 |40 |90 |40 |47 |22
Male fiances |<2>- |<3>- |70 |<3>- |74 |4
Female fiancees |<2>- |<3>- |40 |10 |67 |16
Bombay (including Madras)
Husbands |<2>- |20 |60 |20 |36 |15
Wives |20 |20 |40 |20 |31 |15
Male fiances |<3>- |<3>- |60 |<3>- |57 |14
Female fiancees |<3>- |<3>- |10 |<3>- |38 |19
Dhaka
Husbands |110 |80 |110 |50 |36 |16
Wives |110 |30 |10 |10 |4 |4
Male fiances |<2>- |<3>- |10 |<3>- |<1>82 |<1>18
Female fiancees |<2>- |<3>- |<3>- |<3>- |<1>50 |<1>50
Islamabad (including Karachi)
Husbands |320 |880 |560 |880 |30 |46
Wives |370 |80 |40 |60 |7 |10
Male fiances |10 |50 |40 |50 |35 |46
Female fiancees |10 |10 |<3>- |10 |7 |29
Total Indian sub-continent
Husbands |440 |1,000 |800 |970 |32 |39
Wives |510 |170 |180 |130 |16 |12
Male fiances |10 |50 |180 |60 |55 |17
Female fiancees |10 |20 |50 |20 |45 |20
<1> Percentages based on fewer than 15 applications refused.
<2> Nil.
<3> Five or fewer.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for registration as British citizens of children born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983 have been (a) received, (b) granted or (c) refused since 1 January 1993.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Some 2,063 children born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983 have been registered as British citizens since 1 January 1993. The numbers of such applications received and refused are not available.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) adult registration with entitlement, (b) naturalisation on grounds of residence, (c) naturalisation on grounds of marriage and (d) registration of minors his Department estimates it (i) will receive and (ii) expects to grant in 1994-95.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The latest estimate of the numbers of citizenship applications likely to be received and granted in 1994-95 is as follows :
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|Intake |Applications
|granted
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Adult registration |4,200 |5,100
Naturalisation (residence) |17,000 |12,750
Naturalisation (marriage) |14,200 |12,950
Minor registrations |4,600 |9,100
|------- |-------
Total |40,000 |39,900
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of (a) Jamaica, (b) Turkey, (c) Morocco, (d) the United States of America, (e) Australia, (f) Malaysia, (g) Hong Kong, (h) Guyana, (i) Trinidad, (j) Colombia and (k) Algeria were (i) granted and (ii) refused permission to enter the United Kingdom at ports of entry in each quarter since January 1993, and in total, to the nearest available date.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested for 1993 is given in the table ; corresponding data for quarters of 1994 are not yet available.
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Passenger admissions<1> and persons refused leave to enter and removed, for selected nationalities in 1993
Nationality 1st quarter 1993 2nd quarter 1993 3rd quarter 1993 4th quarter 1993 Year 1993
|Admissions|Refused |Admissions|Refused |Admissions|Refused |Admissions|Refused |Admissions|Refused
|and |and |and |and |and
|removed |removed |removed |removed |removed
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Jamaica |5,490 |114 |6,610 |119 |9,600 |98 |5,330 |157 |27,000 |488
Turkey |20,800 |59 |19,700 |59 |33,200 |50 |23,100 |65 |96,800 |233
Morocco |3,720 |9 |4,600 |18 |6,660 |27 |3,860 |21 |18,800 |75
USA |515,000 |227 |793,000 |245 |930,000 |257 |627,000 |257 |2,870,000 |986
Australia |78,400 |58 |141,000 |72 |161,000 |53 |114,000 |60 |494,000 |243
Malaysia |17,200 |58 |29,000 |110 |37,700 |106 |26,200 |80 |110,000 |354
Hong Kong<2> |17,800 |20 |23,100 |27 |36,000 |34 |13,700 |9 |90,600 |90
Guyana |1,090 |18 |1,590 |20 |2,310 |23 |1,250 |16 |6,230 |77
Trinidad and Tobago |3,140 |16 |4,150 |19 |7,090 |17 |3,570 |17 |18,000 |69
Colombia |4,180 |74 |5,800 |72 |6,620 |106 |5,320 |104 |21,900 |356
Algeria |3,050 |43 |3,560 |48 |5,890 |60 |3,590 |60 |16,100 |211
<1>Rounded figures, numbers of journeys.
<2>Excluding Hong Kong stateless persons.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for settlement by wives and children in (i) Dhaka and (ii) Islamabad were (a)
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received, (b) granted, (c) refused, (d) deferred at first interview, (e) lapsed and (f) outstanding and awaiting first interview for each quarter since the beginning of 1993.Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information is given in the table.
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Applications for entry clearance for settlement made by wives and children in Dhaka
and Islamabad, 1993 to 1994
1993 1994
|Q1 |Q2 |Q3 |Q4 |Year |Q1
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Applications newly received<1>
Dhaka |720 |660 |580 |550 |2,510|580
Islamabad |1,020|870 |960 |760 |3,620|1,040
Applications granted<2>
Dhaka |540 |410 |440 |610 |2,000|490
Islamabad |850 |730 |690 |430 |2,700|620
Applications refused initially
Dhaka |270 |200 |130 |110 |710 |200
Islamabad |200 |170 |240 |200 |810 |100
Applications withdrawn or lapsed
Dhaka |20 |<3>- |20 |20 |60 |60
Islamabad |80 |40 |80 |50 |250 |40
Applications outstanding at end of period
Dhaka |2,340|2,410|2,410|2,240|2,240|2,090
Islamabad |1,990|1,980|2,020|2,170|2,170|2,510
Applications awaiting first interview at end
of period
Dhaka |980 |1,450|1,720|1,670|1,670|1,700
Islamabad |760 |890 |890 |1,060|1,060|1,010
<1> Including applications subsequently withdrawn or lapsed.
<2> Granted initially or on appeal.
<3> Five or fewer.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers arriving at United Kingdom ports of entry during 1993 and the first quarter of 1994 were referred to port medical inspectors for examination ; what are the most common diagnoses made ; and how many people have been (a) refused entry (i) wholly or (ii) partly on medical grounds and for what medical reason or (b) required to report for further medical treatment after entry and for what medical reason.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Two passengers were refused entry principally on medical grounds in 1993. Corresponding information for the first quarter of 1994 is not yet available. The other information requested is not available centrally.
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