§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been detained 19W under the Immigration Act in the last year and so far in 1984; how many are currently detained; and where they were detained.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information available relates to children who were detained overnight. Numbers for 1984 are up to noon on 10 July.
Numbers Children under 17 detained overnight in 1983 Harmondsworth 122 Gatwick detention unit 12 Glasgow detention unit 1 On board ship 4 Total 139 Children under 17 detained overnight in 1984 Harmondsworth 47 Gatwick detention unit 5 On board ship 6 Harwick BTC PS 1 Total 59 Children under 17 currently detained Harmondsworth 1 Total 1
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for entry certificates for immediate settlement were (a) received, (b) decided and (c) granted in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in 1983;
(2) how many applications for entry certificates for immediate settlement have been decided in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in each year since 1977; and how many have been granted.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested for 1977–83 is published in table 6 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom 1983" (Cmnd. 9246) and for the first quarter of 1984 in table 5 of the Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics, First Quarter 1984" (Issue 13/84).