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Mr. Luce: A divorced man is not required to give details of his divorce as his marital status has no bearing on his nationality or on his eligibility to hold a passport.
Lestor asked the Lord Privy Seal whether oman who retains her maiden name is required to produce her marriage certificate when applying for a passport; and, if not, whether she is required to produce any other documentation relating to her marital status.
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Mr. Luce: Where a woman's national status cannot be directly affected by her marriage and she continues after marriage to use her maiden name for all purposes, the Passport Office does not require her to produce her marriage certificate or any other documentation relating to her marital status.
Miss Joan Lestor asked the Lord Privy Seal why a married man is not required to produce his marriage certificate when applying for a passport.
Mr. Luce: As marriage has no effect upon a man's name or nationality, his marital status has no bearing upon his passport application.
Miss Joan Lestor asked the Lord Privy Seal whether a married man who takes on his wife's name is required to produce his marriage certificate when applying for a passport; and if not, whether he is required to produce any other documentation relating to his marital status.
Mr. Luce: A married man who assumed his wife's surname on marriage would be required to produce evidence of his change of name. He would not be required to produce evidence of his marital status.
Miss Joan Lestor asked the Lord Privy Seal why widows applying for passports are requested to give the date of death of their husbands; and whether he will either delete this question from passport applications or extend it to widowers.
Mr. Luce: A widow is required to give the date of her husband's death as this can have a bearing on her nationality and thus upon her eligibility to have a passport in the same way as the date of divorce for a women whose marriage has been dissolved. As a widower's nationality cannot be similarly affected, the date of his wife's death is not required for passport purpose.
Departmental Staff
Sir David Price asked the Lord Privy Seal how many civil servants were employed by his Department in May 1979; how many are employed in February 1982; and what has been the percentage change; in each case how many were first division civil servants; and what has been the percentage change in their numbers.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: The payroll of the Diplomatic Service/Foreign and Commonwealth Office-including the Passport Office and the Overseas Development Administration-stood at 10,287 and 9,444 respectively on 1 April 1979 and 1 January 1982, the closest dates for which figures are available. The reduction, despite a 14-5 per cent. increase in the Passport Office, was 8·2 per cent. Corresponding figures for the number of officers at DS5, principal and equivalent professional grades and above, are 1,466 and 1,285, a reduction of 11·1 per cent.
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Ms Christine Vertucci
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal why the prefix CR appears on the file of Ms Christine Vertucci at the Hong Kong immigration department.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: The prefix CR appears on Ms Vertucci's file because the information contained in some papers in it is classified as confidential.
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Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal if Her Majesty's Government have received representations from any foreign Government concerning the desirability or otherwise of Ms. Christine Vertucci continuing to reside in Hong Kong.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: No.
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Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal how many aliens' resident in Hong Kong have the prefix CR on their file at the present time.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal further to his reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Scotland Exchange on 2 February, Official Report, c. 84, when he expects the Chinese Government to make a statement on the future of Hong Kong.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: I have no new information to add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 2 February.
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal if he is satisfied with the procedure for the circulation of confidential Government documents in Hong Kong.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: Yes.
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal under what circumstances the secretariat confidential circular 106/82 concerning the employment of homosexuals in the Hong Kong Civil Service, dated 5 January 1982, was released to the Hong Kong press; whether measures have been taken to discover who was responsible for the release; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: The confidential circular was issued for the information of heads of departments only and therefore was not released to the press. Inquiries into the unauthorised disclosure of the circular are now in
progress.
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal when the review of laws concerning homosexuality is expected to be completed by the Hong Kong law reform commission; and to what extent that commission will be bound by the policy outlined in the secretariat confidential circular 106/82.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: The commission is expected to make its recommendations later this year. The commission is not bound by the policy in the circular but will make whatever recommendations it considers to be right.
Mr. Canavan asked the Lord Privy Seal how many aliens resident in Hong Kong for more than three years have had their resident visas revoked in each year since 1970, classified by nationality, age and sex and the countries to which they were repatriated.
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