§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for bail were made to an adjudicator or the immigration appeal tribunal in 1978 and the first two quarters of the current year; and how many such applications were successful.
§ Mr. RaisonThe only readily available figures relate to bail applications made to adjudicators at the appeals centre at Harmondsworth. I regret that comprehensive figures could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Harmondsworth figures are as follows:
Number of applications for bail Number of cases in which bail granted 1978 … 28 17 1979— … 1st quarter … 5 4 2nd quarter … 8 5 Note: the number of applications heard is not necessarily equal to the number of persons applying for bail since one person may make more than one application.