HL Deb 14 December 1988 vol 502 c1018WA
Lord Banks

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the numbers of persons deported from the United Kingdom in 1986, 1987 and 1988 to date, and how those numbers are composed in relation to ethnic origin.

Earl Ferrers

The numbers of deportation orders enforced in 1986, 1987 and the first three quarters of 1988 are contained in Table 14 of Home Office Statistical BulletinControl of Immigration: Statistics—Third Quarter 1988 (Issue 38/88) published today.

Information on the ethnic origin of those deported is not available. An analysis by nationality, distinguishing between New Commonwealth and Pakistan, and other nationalities, is published in Table 24 of Control of Immigation: Statistics United Kingdom 1987 (Cmnd. 415). The corresponding analysis for the first three quarters of 1988 is:

Deportation Orders enforced
1988
Nationality 1st 2nd 3rd
Quarter Quarter Quarter
New Commonwealth and Pakistan 134 140 133
Other nationalities 70 46 51
Total 204 186 184