House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 26 Mar 2001 (pt 6)

Porton Down

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Prime Minister if all documents in his office relating to an official inquiry by the then Prime Minister in 1970 into allegations that the chemical and biological defence establishment, Porton Down, had experimented on old people for germ warfare purposes, have been placed in the Public Record Office; and if he will make a statement. [154767]

The Prime Minister: There are no documents in my office relating to such an inquiry.

Foot and Mouth Taskforce

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 16 March 2001, Official Report, column 753W, on the Foot and Mouth Taskforce, for what reason he did not include in the taskforce representatives from the (a) National Assembly for Wales, (b) Farmers Union of Wales, (c) Welsh Development Agency and (d) Welsh Tourist Board. [155131]

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The Prime Minister: The taskforce is considering the economic impacts of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease across the United Kingdom and includes representatives of the devolved administrations, including the National Assembly for Wales. Mike German, the Assembly's Minister for Economic Development, attended the taskforce's second meeting. Although the taskforce is a UK-wide body, most of the issues it discusses are devolved, and in practice it concentrates mainly on proposals to be implemented in England. It is then for each devolved administration to decide whether to follow similar policies. In order to avoid the group becoming too unwieldy, we have inevitably had to restrict membership. My right hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment and other UK Ministers concerned would, however, welcome constructive suggestions from organisations in all countries.

Sinn Fein

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the undertakings he gave to the leaders of Sinn Fein in May 2000, indicating which have been (a) fulfilled and (b) remain outstanding. [154321]

The Prime Minister [holding answer 19 March 2001]: In the course of the multi-party talks at Hillsborough, the Government committed themselves to honouring the Good Friday Agreement, if all other parties did, in relation to all aspects of it. Those undertakings were reflected in the proposals made jointly with the Irish Government on 5 May 2000.

I am satisfied that we are honouring these commitments.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

China

Mr. Rowe: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure that the EU delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights will raise the current human rights situation in China with special reference to religious freedom and torture. [154907]

Mr. Battle: We are pressing the EU Presidency and our EU partners to ensure that relevant EU statements at the UN Commission on Human Rights reflect our concerns about the human rights situation in China, including the use of torture and respect for religious freedoms.

I spelt out the UK's concerns on human rights in China in my address at the UN Commission on Human Rights on 22 March.

Entry Clearance

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reasons were given for refusal of visas by entry clearance officers at the appeal stage in the case of visa refusals overturned by the Minister for Europe. [155298]

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Mr. Vaz [holding answer 23 March 2001]: When an entry clearance officer refuses a visa applicant he or she always gives the applicant written reasons for doing so. The reasons for refusal will vary from case to case. Where there is a right of appeal against the refusal, the Minister with responsibility for entry clearance does not become involved in the appeal process, which is handled by the Independent Appellate Authority.

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reasons were given for the initial refusal of visas by entry clearance officers in the case of visa refusals overturned by the Minister for Europe. [155299]

Mr. Vaz [holding answer 23 March 2001]: In such cases, entry clearance officers initially refused to grant a visa because they were not satisfied that the applications met the requirements of the Immigration Rules. Where hon. Members subsequently made representations which have satisfied me that, in fact, the requirements of the Immigration Rules have been fully met, I have overturned the original decision of the entry clearance officer.

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Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in respect of visa refusals overturned by the Minister for Europe, how many he intervened on (a) following representations from an hon. Member and (b) following external requests. [155300]

Mr. Vaz [holding answer 23 March 2001]: I have overturned a total of 49 decisions following representations from right hon. and hon. Members since October 1999. I do not take representations from other sources and have therefore overturned no decisions following external requests.

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visit visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused since 1 January, broken down by entry clearance post. [155570]

Mr. Vaz: The table sets out the information received from entry clearance posts issuing more than 1,200 visas per year. I regret that the information for the remaining posts issuing less than 1,200 visas per year is not available centrally.

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Family visit visas applications 2001

Applications received Applications determined Applications issued Applications refused

January February January February January February January February

Abidjan ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Abu Dhabi 24 ⁽⁷⁾-- 23 ⁽⁷⁾-- 17 ⁽⁷⁾-- 6 ⁽⁷⁾--

Abuja ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Accra 753 ⁽⁷⁾-- 685 ⁽⁷⁾-- 277 ⁽⁷⁾-- 408

Addis Ababa 31 12 39 11 14 6 25 5

Almaty 36 13 37 13 37 13 0 0

Amman 426 85 0 85 0 84 0 1

Amsterdam 38 34 38 34 32 30 6 4

Ankara 29 38 29 38 28 38 1 0

Bahrain 16 10 16 10 16 10 0 0

Baku 19 9 19 9 18 9 1 0

Bandar Seri Begawan ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Bangkok 80 173 73 154 45 131 28 23

Banjul 38 34 40 31 32 20 8 11

Beirut 92 62 89 62 87 61 2 1

Belgrade 258 391 4 352 0 347 4 5

Bogota 33 33 33 33 25 29 8 4

Bombay 619 1,070 619 1,070 454 874 165 196

Bratislava 50 ⁽⁷⁾-- 50 ⁽⁷⁾-- 47 ⁽⁷⁾-- 3 ⁽⁷⁾--

Brussels 14 10 4 7 3 5 1 2

Bucharest 58 85 59 90 48 82 11 8

Budapest 6 7 6 7 5 7 1 0

Cairo 137 145 129 142 113 124 16 18

Calcutta 94 118 97 120 95 116 2 4

Canberra 7 ⁽⁷⁾-- 7 ⁽⁷⁾-- 4 ⁽⁷⁾-- 3 ⁽⁷⁾--

Casablanca 117 119 110 116 105 114 5 2

Chicago 141 176 119 162 119 162 0 0

Colombo 70 74 70 74 32 48 38 26

Copenhagen 44 36 44 36 44 36 0 0

Damascus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dar Es Salaam 107 104 107 104 93 83 14 21

Dhaka 451 490 348 415 203 227 145 188

Doha 49 31 49 31 46 31 3 0

Dubai 71 79 75 81 47 47 28 34

Dublin 36 ⁽⁷⁾-- 36 ⁽⁷⁾-- 34 ⁽⁷⁾-- 2 ⁽⁷⁾--

Dusseldorf 106 272 100 246 94 241 6 5

Ekaterinburg 11 16 11 16 11 16 0 0

Geneva 25 74 21 67 20 66 1 1

Georgetown 33 ⁽⁷⁾-- 33 ⁽⁷⁾-- 28 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾--

Guangzhou 121 ⁽⁷⁾-- 90 ⁽⁷⁾-- 84 ⁽⁷⁾-- 6 ⁽⁷⁾--

Hanoi 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 2

Harare 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Havana 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0

Hong Kong 32 ⁽⁷⁾-- 32 ⁽⁷⁾-- 27 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾--

Islamabad ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Istanbul 430 453 485 522 424 451 61 71

Jakarta 36 58 37 56 33 50 4 6

Jedda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerusalem 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Kampala 116 102 120 84 100 59 20 25

Karachi 575 ⁽⁷⁾-- 460 ⁽⁷⁾-- 397 ⁽⁷⁾-- 63 ⁽⁷⁾--

Kathmandu 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Khartoum 44 15 15 16 5 6 10 10

Kiev 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Kingston 52 ⁽⁷⁾-- 46 ⁽⁷⁾-- 35 ⁽⁷⁾-- 11 ⁽⁷⁾--

Kuala Lumpur 14 12 13 13 10 11 3 2

Kuwait 200 43 200 43 196 39 4 4

Lagos 1,147 1,193 901 1,293 688 1,143 213 150

Lima 12 ⁽⁷⁾-- 12 ⁽⁷⁾-- 8 ⁽⁷⁾-- 4 ⁽⁷⁾--

Los Angeles 0 216 0 216 0 216 0 0

Luanda 8 2 8 2 8 1 0 1

Lusaka 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Madras 217 229 233 226 216 211 17 15

Madrid 26 ⁽⁷⁾-- 26 ⁽⁷⁾-- 26 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Manila ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Minsk 0 14 0 14 0 13 0 1

Moscow 237 214 228 191 223 190 5 1

Muscat 75 39 72 39 68 36 4 3

Nairobi 156 ⁽⁷⁾-- 156 ⁽⁷⁾-- 132 ⁽⁷⁾-- 24 ⁽⁷⁾--

New Delhi 913 1,153 907 1,129 573 682 334 447

New York 533 ⁽⁷⁾-- 511 ⁽⁷⁾-- 500 ⁽⁷⁾-- 11 ⁽⁷⁾--

Nicosia 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Oslo 30 44 27 42 27 41 0 1

Ottawa 475 278 442 185 442 184 0 1

Paris 0 253 0 248 0 246 0 2

Peking 109 63 94 51 88 40 6 11

Port Louis 80 136 80 136 73 126 7 10

Port of Spain 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 5 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Prague 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Pretoria 27 ⁽⁷⁾-- 20 ⁽⁷⁾-- 16 ⁽⁷⁾-- 4 ⁽⁷⁾--

Quito 24 14 24 14 20 14 4 0

Riga 11 ⁽⁷⁾-- 11 ⁽⁷⁾-- 11 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Riyadh 8 15 12 20 9 9 3 11

Rome 63 90 61 80 60 77 1 3

Sana'a 20 13 20 10 8 1 12 9

Sarajevo 61 119 61 119 61 117 0 2

Shanghai 10 30 10 30 8 23 2 7

Singapore 21 26 24 25 18 25 6 0

Sofia 89 118 74 117 71 113 3 4

St. Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

St. Domingo ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Stockholm 89 103 129 123 128 121 1 2

Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tashkent 13 5 13 5 12 4 1 1

Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tel Aviv ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Tirana 21 21 15 23 15 20 0 3

Tokyo 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 2

Tunis 97 92 87 70 60 70 27 21

Valletta ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Vienna ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾-- ⁽⁷⁾--

Warsaw 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0

Washington 312 305 312 301 312 301 0 0

Wellington 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾-- 0 ⁽⁷⁾--

Yaounde 7 ⁽⁷⁾-- 22 ⁽⁷⁾-- 20 ⁽⁷⁾-- 2 ⁽⁷⁾--

Zagreb 70 96 70 90 63 82 7 8

	Applications received	Applications determined	Applications issued	Applications refused
	January	February	January	February	January	February	January	February
Abidjan	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Abu Dhabi	24	⁽⁷⁾--	23	⁽⁷⁾--	17	⁽⁷⁾--	6	⁽⁷⁾--
Abuja	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Accra	753	⁽⁷⁾--	685	⁽⁷⁾--	277	⁽⁷⁾--	408
Addis Ababa	31	12	39	11	14	6	25	5
Almaty	36	13	37	13	37	13	0	0
Amman	426	85	0	85	0	84	0	1
Amsterdam	38	34	38	34	32	30	6	4
Ankara	29	38	29	38	28	38	1	0
Bahrain	16	10	16	10	16	10	0	0
Baku	19	9	19	9	18	9	1	0
Bandar Seri Begawan	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Bangkok	80	173	73	154	45	131	28	23
Banjul	38	34	40	31	32	20	8	11
Beirut	92	62	89	62	87	61	2	1
Belgrade	258	391	4	352	0	347	4	5
Bogota	33	33	33	33	25	29	8	4
Bombay	619	1,070	619	1,070	454	874	165	196
Bratislava	50	⁽⁷⁾--	50	⁽⁷⁾--	47	⁽⁷⁾--	3	⁽⁷⁾--
Brussels	14	10	4	7	3	5	1	2
Bucharest	58	85	59	90	48	82	11	8
Budapest	6	7	6	7	5	7	1	0
Cairo	137	145	129	142	113	124	16	18
Calcutta	94	118	97	120	95	116	2	4
Canberra	7	⁽⁷⁾--	7	⁽⁷⁾--	4	⁽⁷⁾--	3	⁽⁷⁾--
Casablanca	117	119	110	116	105	114	5	2
Chicago	141	176	119	162	119	162	0	0
Colombo	70	74	70	74	32	48	38	26
Copenhagen	44	36	44	36	44	36	0	0
Damascus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dar Es Salaam	107	104	107	104	93	83	14	21
Dhaka	451	490	348	415	203	227	145	188
Doha	49	31	49	31	46	31	3	0
Dubai	71	79	75	81	47	47	28	34
Dublin	36	⁽⁷⁾--	36	⁽⁷⁾--	34	⁽⁷⁾--	2	⁽⁷⁾--
Dusseldorf	106	272	100	246	94	241	6	5
Ekaterinburg	11	16	11	16	11	16	0	0
Geneva	25	74	21	67	20	66	1	1
Georgetown	33	⁽⁷⁾--	33	⁽⁷⁾--	28	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--
Guangzhou	121	⁽⁷⁾--	90	⁽⁷⁾--	84	⁽⁷⁾--	6	⁽⁷⁾--
Hanoi	4	3	4	3	2	1	2	2
Harare	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Havana	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Hong Kong	32	⁽⁷⁾--	32	⁽⁷⁾--	27	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--
Islamabad	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Istanbul	430	453	485	522	424	451	61	71
Jakarta	36	58	37	56	33	50	4	6
Jedda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerusalem	5	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Kampala	116	102	120	84	100	59	20	25
Karachi	575	⁽⁷⁾--	460	⁽⁷⁾--	397	⁽⁷⁾--	63	⁽⁷⁾--
Kathmandu	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khartoum	44	15	15	16	5	6	10	10
Kiev	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Kingston	52	⁽⁷⁾--	46	⁽⁷⁾--	35	⁽⁷⁾--	11	⁽⁷⁾--
Kuala Lumpur	14	12	13	13	10	11	3	2
Kuwait	200	43	200	43	196	39	4	4
Lagos	1,147	1,193	901	1,293	688	1,143	213	150
Lima	12	⁽⁷⁾--	12	⁽⁷⁾--	8	⁽⁷⁾--	4	⁽⁷⁾--
Los Angeles	0	216	0	216	0	216	0	0
Luanda	8	2	8	2	8	1	0	1
Lusaka	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Madras	217	229	233	226	216	211	17	15
Madrid	26	⁽⁷⁾--	26	⁽⁷⁾--	26	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Manila	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Minsk	0	14	0	14	0	13	0	1
Moscow	237	214	228	191	223	190	5	1
Muscat	75	39	72	39	68	36	4	3
Nairobi	156	⁽⁷⁾--	156	⁽⁷⁾--	132	⁽⁷⁾--	24	⁽⁷⁾--
New Delhi	913	1,153	907	1,129	573	682	334	447
New York	533	⁽⁷⁾--	511	⁽⁷⁾--	500	⁽⁷⁾--	11	⁽⁷⁾--
Nicosia	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Oslo	30	44	27	42	27	41	0	1
Ottawa	475	278	442	185	442	184	0	1
Paris	0	253	0	248	0	246	0	2
Peking	109	63	94	51	88	40	6	11
Port Louis	80	136	80	136	73	126	7	10
Port of Spain	5	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--	5	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Prague	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Pretoria	27	⁽⁷⁾--	20	⁽⁷⁾--	16	⁽⁷⁾--	4	⁽⁷⁾--
Quito	24	14	24	14	20	14	4	0
Riga	11	⁽⁷⁾--	11	⁽⁷⁾--	11	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Riyadh	8	15	12	20	9	9	3	11
Rome	63	90	61	80	60	77	1	3
Sana'a	20	13	20	10	8	1	12	9
Sarajevo	61	119	61	119	61	117	0	2
Shanghai	10	30	10	30	8	23	2	7
Singapore	21	26	24	25	18	25	6	0
Sofia	89	118	74	117	71	113	3	4
St. Petersburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Domingo	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Stockholm	89	103	129	123	128	121	1	2
Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tashkent	13	5	13	5	12	4	1	1
Tbilisi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tehran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tel Aviv	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Tirana	21	21	15	23	15	20	0	3
Tokyo	5	5	5	4	4	2	1	2
Tunis	97	92	87	70	60	70	27	21
Valletta	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Vienna	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--	⁽⁷⁾--
Warsaw	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
Washington	312	305	312	301	312	301	0	0
Wellington	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--	0	⁽⁷⁾--
Yaounde	7	⁽⁷⁾--	22	⁽⁷⁾--	20	⁽⁷⁾--	2	⁽⁷⁾--
Zagreb	70	96	70	90	63	82	7	8

⁽⁷⁾ Information not yet received from Posts

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Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visit visa refusals in relation to which (a) an appeal has been received, (b) the refusal has been overturned by an

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entry clearance manager after receipt of an appeal, (c) an appeal has been despatched, (d) entry clearance has been issued prior to the outcome of an appeal, (e) an appeal has been allowed and notified to the post and (f) an appeal

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has been dismissed and notified to the post, there were in each month in 2001, broken down by entry clearance post. [155571]

Mr. Vaz: The table on family visit refusals appeals received, refusals overturned after receipt of an appeal and appeals despatched covers information so far received from overseas Posts issuing more than 1,200 visas per year. I regret that the information requested for the remaining posts issuing less than 1,200 visas per year is not available centrally.

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The information requested at (d) on the issue of entry clearance prior to the outcome of an appeal is not available centrally or locally. The Entry Clearance Manager may sign an appeal form only if he or she decides, after review, that the refusal stands.

Similarly, the information requested at (e) and (f) on appeals allowed and dismissed is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost by contacting all entry clearance issuing posts individually. The Home Office informs posts of the outcome of allowed appeals. The Lord Chancellor's Department informs posts of dismissed appeals.

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Family Visit Visa Refusals 2001

Appeals received Refusals overturned by ECM Appeal despatched

January February January February January February

Abidjan ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Abu Dhabi 1 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 1 ⁽⁸⁾--

Abuja ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Accra 3 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 6 ⁽⁸⁾--

Addis Ababa 0 1 0 0 0 0

Almaty 0 0 0 0 0 0

Amman 0 0 0 0 0 0

Amsterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ankara 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0

Baku 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bandar Seri Begawan ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Bangkok 0 6 1 0 0 5

Banjul 0 0 0 0 0 0

Beirut 1 0 0 0 1 0

Belgrade 0 1 0 0 0 1

Bogota 2 0 0 0 1 0

Bombay 9 13 0 0 8 14

Bratislava 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bucharest 0 2 0 0 0 2

Budapest 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cairo 0 1 0 0 0 0

Calcutta 0 0 0 0 0 0

Canberra 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Casablanca 0 0 0 0 0 1

Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0

Colombo 5 1 1 0 4 1

Copenhagen 0 0 0 0 0 0

Damascus 3 2 0 0 1 6

Dar Es Salaam 0 2 0 0 0 2

Dhaka 12 14 2 2 7 12

Doha 1 0 0 0 1 0

Dubai 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dublin 1 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ekaterinburg 0 0 0 0 0 0

Geneva 0 0 0 0 0 0

Georgetown 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Guangzhou 3 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 2 ⁽⁸⁾--

Hanoi 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harare 0 0 0 0 0 0

Havana 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hong Kong 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Islamabad ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Istanbul 2 7 0 0 2 5

Jakarta 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jedda 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerusalem 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Kampala 1 3 0 1 1 1

Karachi 4 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 9 ⁽⁸⁾--

Kathmandu 0 1 0 0 0 1

Khartoum 0 1 0 1 0 0

Kiev 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Kingston 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Kuala Lumpur 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lagos 31 33 6 5 22 31

Lima 1 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 1 ⁽⁸⁾--

Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0

Luanda 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lusaka 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Madras 1 0 0 0 1 0

Madrid 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Manila ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0

Moscow 0 1 0 1 0 0

Muscat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nairobi 4 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 4 ⁽⁸⁾--

New Delhi 15 21 1 2 12 20

New York 1 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Nicosia 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Oslo 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0

Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0

Peking 1 3 0 0 0 3

Port Louis 0 1 0 0 0 0

Port of Spain 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Prague 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Pretoria 1 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0

Riga 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Riyadh 0 2 0 0 0 2

Rome 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sana'a 1 1 0 0 1 1

Sarajevo 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shanghai 0 0 0 0 0 0

Singapore 0 5 0 0 0 5

Sofia 1 0 0 0 0 0

St. Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sto Domingo ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Stockholm 0 0 0 0 0 0

Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tashkent 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tehran 1 5 0 0 1 5

Tel Aviv ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Tirana 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tokyo 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tunis 0 5 0 0 0 5

Valletta ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Vienna ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾-- ⁽⁸⁾--

Warsaw 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wellington 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Yaounde 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾-- 0 ⁽⁸⁾--

Zagreb 1 1 1 1 0 0

	Appeals received	Refusals overturned by ECM	Appeal despatched
	January	February	January	February	January	February
Abidjan	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Abu Dhabi	1	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	1	⁽⁸⁾--
Abuja	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Accra	3	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	6	⁽⁸⁾--
Addis Ababa	0	1	0	0	0	0
Almaty	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amman	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amsterdam	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ankara	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baku	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bandar Seri Begawan	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Bangkok	0	6	1	0	0	5
Banjul	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beirut	1	0	0	0	1	0
Belgrade	0	1	0	0	0	1
Bogota	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bombay	9	13	0	0	8	14
Bratislava	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Brussels	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucharest	0	2	0	0	0	2
Budapest	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cairo	0	1	0	0	0	0
Calcutta	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canberra	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Casablanca	0	0	0	0	0	1
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombo	5	1	1	0	4	1
Copenhagen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damascus	3	2	0	0	1	6
Dar Es Salaam	0	2	0	0	0	2
Dhaka	12	14	2	2	7	12
Doha	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dubai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dublin	1	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Dusseldorf	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ekaterinburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geneva	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Guangzhou	3	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	2	⁽⁸⁾--
Hanoi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harare	0	0	0	0	0	0
Havana	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hong Kong	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Islamabad	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Istanbul	2	7	0	0	2	5
Jakarta	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jedda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerusalem	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Kampala	1	3	0	1	1	1
Karachi	4	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	9	⁽⁸⁾--
Kathmandu	0	1	0	0	0	1
Khartoum	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kiev	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Kingston	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Kuala Lumpur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lagos	31	33	6	5	22	31
Lima	1	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	1	⁽⁸⁾--
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lusaka	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Madras	1	0	0	0	1	0
Madrid	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Manila	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Minsk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moscow	0	1	0	1	0	0
Muscat	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nairobi	4	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	4	⁽⁸⁾--
New Delhi	15	21	1	2	12	20
New York	1	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Nicosia	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Oslo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paris	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peking	1	3	0	0	0	3
Port Louis	0	1	0	0	0	0
Port of Spain	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Prague	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Pretoria	1	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Quito	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riga	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Riyadh	0	2	0	0	0	2
Rome	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sana'a	1	1	0	0	1	1
Sarajevo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shanghai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Singapore	0	5	0	0	0	5
Sofia	1	0	0	0	0	0
St. Petersburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sto Domingo	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Stockholm	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tashkent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tbilisi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tehran	1	5	0	0	1	5
Tel Aviv	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Tirana	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokyo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tunis	0	5	0	0	0	5
Valletta	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Vienna	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--	⁽⁸⁾--
Warsaw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wellington	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Yaounde	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--	0	⁽⁸⁾--
Zagreb	1	1	1	1	0	0

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