---

27 Jan 2003 : Column 718W—continued

Zimbabwe

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Zimbabwean nationals and (b) British passport holders previously resident in Zimbabwe without the right of residence have applied for residence in the UK in each of the last 24 months. [91947]

Beverley Hughes: The available information relates to the number of Zimbabwe nationals granted settlement. Monthly statistics for 2000 and 2001, the latest available, are given in the table. Data for 2002 are due to be published later this year. Information on the number of applications made for settlement is not available.

In 2001, 515 British overseas citizens (British passport holders without the right of residence) were granted settlement. The corresponding figure for 2000 was 630. It is not possible to identify how many of these citizens were previously resident in Zimbabwe.

Nationals of Zimbabwe granted settlement, by month, 2000 and 2001Number of persons

	2000	2001
January	85	65
February	65	75
March	55	105
April	95	50
May	85	90
June	110	90
July	90	100
August	90	125
September	75	90
October	75	100
November	70	55
December	60	30
Total	955	980

Note:

Data rounded to the nearest 5.

---

---