§ Mr. MudieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the carrying companies that have failed to pay expenses incurred in respect of persons detained, or liable to be detained, under the Immigration Acts, the amounts owing, and which amounts are still being pursued.
§ Mr. Charles WardleIt is not normal practice to disclose information on the amounts owed in detention expenses by individual carrying companies, nor their payment record. The total amount currently owed to the Immigration Department is £2.7 million. Similar information about the amount due by carriers to police forces and the Prison Service for immigration detention costs is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom have been granted in each of the last five years on the basis of a common-law relationship with a British citizen.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information is given in the table. Information on cases where the partner was a British citizen is not separately identifiable in these statistics.
Acceptances for settlement' on the basis of a common-law relationship with a partner who is settled in the United Kingdom or who is a British citizen.
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Year Number 1989 110 1990 170 1991 310 1992 290 1993 400 1 On a discretionary basis.