§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table indicating the period of time spent in prison department establishments by persons recommended for deportation by the courts without custodial sentence on the latest convenient date, showing the numbers detained for more than one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and 10 weeks, respectively.
§ Mr. RaisonThe information on 18 July 1980 for England and Wales was as follows:
Length of detention Numbers detained Detained for more than 1 week and not more than 2 weeks 3 Detained for more than 2 weeks and not more than 3 weeks 2 Detained for more than 3 weeks and not more than 4 weeks 9 Detained for more than 4 weeks and not more than 5 weeks 3 Detained for more than 5 weeks and not more than 6 weeks 1 Detained for more than 6 weeks and not more than 7 weeks 4 Detained for more than 7 weeks and not more than 8 weeks 4 Detained for more than 8 weeks and not more than 9 weeks 3 Detained for more than 9 weeks and not more than 10 weeks 4 Detained for more than 10 weeks 10 43
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the reasons for persons remaining in prison department establishments after discharging custodial sentences and having also been recommended for deportation and whether he is satisfied that any delay does not cause unnecessary suffering and waste public money.
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§ Mr. RaisonThe detention of a deportee after the completion of a substantial custodial sentence is usually only necessary to enable consideration to be given to representations or appeals against deportation or because there are difficulties in obtaining a valid travel document. A deportation order may not, however, be made on the recommendation of a court so long as an appeal against the recommendation is pending or until the expiration of the time for appealing; thus if the court imposes only a nominal custodial sentence the deportee may have to be detained after the completion of that sentence until any appeal has been disposed of or until the time of appealing has expired. The Home Office does all it can to keep the time spent in custody to the minimum.
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals against deportation of immigrants to the United Kingdom have been made to him by hon. Members in each of the last three years; and how many have been granted.
§ Mr. RaisonI regret that the information requested is not readily available and could not be provided without disproportionate expense.
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals he has had from hon. Members in each of the last three years against the deportation of visitors detained at ports of entry to the United Kingdom; and how many have been granted in each year.
§ Mr. RaisonI regret that the information requested is not readily available and could not be provided without disproportionate expense.