§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost to the Home Office in the financial year 1993–94 of detaining persons under Immigration Act powers; and if he will provide a breakdown of these costs.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe total cost to the immigration service of running its detention accommodation in the financial year 1993–94 was £7,466,352. This comprises:
£ Detention, escort and related costs paid to contractors 5,132,900 Running costs, including accommodation charges 1,065,106 IS staff costs 912,454 Capital expenditure 355,892 Information about the costs of immigration detention in police cells and Prison Service establishments is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers currently detained under Immigration Act powers by(a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) length of detention, (d) place of detention and (e) immigration status at the time of application.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerAt 13 January 1995, a total of 572 people who had sought asylum were detained. This figure includes people awaiting the setting of directions for removal following refusal of the application, as well as those whose application was under consideration or subject to appeal. Of this figure, 138 had been in detention less than one month, 97 between one and two months, 237 between two and six months and 100 had been in detention longer than six months.
Information on the gender, immigration status, nationality and location of detention is given in tables A B and C.
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Table A: Number of people detained on 13 January 1995, who had sought asylum, by immigration status and gender. Immigration status Male Female Total Port case 285 20 305 Illegal entrant case 202 8 210 Deportation case 50 7 57 Total 537 35 572
Table B: Number of people detained as at 13 January 1995 who had sought asylum, by nationality Number detained Afghanistan 1 Albania 7 Algeria 63 Angola 9 Bangladesh 16 Cameroon 3 China 19 Colombia 6 Cyprus (TRNC) 16 Dominica 1 Ecuador 2 Egypt 1 Eritrea 1 Estonia 1 Ethiopia 3 Gambia 3 Georgia 1 Ghana 60 Guyana 1 India 61 Iran 2 Iraq 2 Ivory Coast 9 Jamaica 4 Kenya 6 Lebanon 5 Liberia 4 Libya 4 Malawi 1 Mauritius 3 Morocco 7 Mozambique 1 Niger 2 Nigeria 119 Pakistan 32 Peru 1 Poland 1 Romania 10 Russia 3 Sierra Leone 10 Somalia 1 South Africa 5 Sri Lanka 9 Sudan 5 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Tunisia 1 Turkey 20 Uganda 2 Former Yugoslavia 7 Zaire 17 Zimbabwe 1 Nationality doubtful 2 Total 572 535W
Table C: Number of people detained as at 13 January 1995, who had sought asylum, by location of detention Number detained Immigration service establishment Campsfield House 145 Gatwick Beehive 10 Harmondsworth 97 Manchester airport detention suite 1 Queens building 20 Stansted 6 Newhaven 2 Dover Harbour Board 7 Holmhouse detention centre 1
Table C: Number of people detained as at 13 January 1995, who had sought asylum, by location of detention Number detained Prison service establishment Armley 6 Belmarsh 2 Birmingham 28 Brinsford 4 Bristol 2 Brixton 13 Bullingdon 2 Cardiff 1 Chelmsford 1 Crumlin Road 2 Dorchester 1 Edinburgh 1 Elmley 3 Erlestoke House 1 Exeter 2 Feltham YC centre 1 Greenock 4 Haslar 85 Highdown 3 Hindley remand centre 2 Holloway 1 Leicester 1 Lewes 2 Maidstone 1 Manchester 5 Norwich 3 Pentonville 2 Risley 1 Rochester 59 Wandsworth 3 Winchester 3 Winson Green 3 Wolds remand prison 2 Wormwood scrubs 7 Police cells 26 Total 572
Date of escape Establishment Offence Length of time at large 17 November 1989 Feltham Burglary 5 years 2 months 2 February 1992 Downview Importation of Drugs 2 years 11 months 8 November 1992 Downview Importation of Drugs 2 years 2 months 4 September 1993 Downview Importation of Drugs 1 year 4 months 23 October 1993 Feltham Robbery 1 year 3 months 30 August 1994 Downview Robbery 4 months 1 January 1995 Wandsworth Burglary 2 weeks Information on whether any of them had previously escaped is not recorded centrally.