§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of of State for the Home Department, in each month of the current year, how many cases of overstayers have been raised; how many overstayers have been apprehended; how many have been 119W allowed to remain subsequent to apprehension; and how many have been deported.
§ Mr. RaisonInformation is not available in the form requested. The following table gives available information for 1979 about the number of inquiries initiated by the special overstayers tracing units in the Home Office to trace possible over-
Inquiries initiated by the special overstayers tracing units in the Home Office 1979 Number of inquiries initiated Number of overstayers traced* Total deportation Orders made January … … Not available 80 98 February … … 2,082 142 103 March … … 3,213 152 164 April … … 1,802 99 90 May … … 2,281 101 94 June … … 1,911 112 135 July … … 1,748 164 95 August … … 1,973 174 120 September … … 1,676 199 132 October … … 1,388 179 74 TOTAL 18,074 1,402 1,105 *The inquiries about overstayers traced in a particular month may have been initiated in a previous month. Total deportation orders made in the month including those made against people who were not overstayers. A deportation order may relate to an overstayer traced in a previous month.