HC Deb 16 February 1987 vol 110 cc430-2W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported in each of the last three years; to which countries they went; and how many went to countries other than those from which they originally came.

Mr. Waddington

The only information available relates to the nationality of the person deported which will usually be the country of both origin and destination. Figures for 1984 and 1985 are given in the table; corresponding information for 1986 will be available in March.

Deportation Orders enforced, by nationality
Number
Nationality1 1984 1985
Commonwealth
Australia 6 4
Cyprus 39 25
Ghana 140 137
Hong Kong BDTC 16 23
India 44 51
Jamaica 7 8
Malaysia 10 6

Number
Nationality1 1984 1985
Mauritius 12 8
Nigeria 214 216
Sierra Leone 4 6
Sri Lanka 6 5
Zimbabwe 12 2
Other Commonwealth 43 31
Total Commonwealth 553 522
European Community (EC)
France 6 4
Ireland 23 20
Italy 23 23
Netherlands 17 10
Other EC 15 11
Total EC 84 68
Non-EC Foreign
Algeria 13 11
Chile 6 11
Colombia 18 14
Egypt 13 11
Germany (Dem. Rep.) 17 16
Iran 11 10
Israel 7 3
Libya 19 8
Morocco 10 18
Pakistan 42 49
South Africa 6 5
Turkey 56 28
USA 22 17
Other foreign 41 51
Total non-EC foreign 281 252
All countries 918 842

Persons detained in 1986 under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 and subsequent charges
Police force area Detained Charged under Prevention of Terrorism Acts Charged under other legislation1
Metropolitan police district 84 9
Merseyside 11 2
Dumfries and Galloway 50 8
Other areas 57 3 14
Total 202 13 23
1 Persons also charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts are included in the previous column.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the average number of days spent on remand by those remanded in custody for terrorist-type offences in 1986 with regard to cases now completed in England and Wales and the number of bail applications refused, respectively;

(2) how many persons were remanded in custody before trial for offences connected with terrorism in 1986.

1 Only those with 10 or more cases in total during 1984–5 are shown separately; other nationalities are represented under "Other Commonwealth", "Other European Community" and "Other non-EC foreign".