§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under Immigration Act powers in each month in 1993 and 1994.
§ Mr. Nicholas Baker[holding answer 18 January 1995):The information requested is given in the table.
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Persons1 detained under Immigration Act powers Month2 1993 19943 January 852 1,090 February 927 1,000 March 878 1,050 April 871 850 May 881 830 June 721 820 July 927 950 August 772 1,080 September 799 1,100 October 756 1,100
Persons1 detained under Immigration Act powers Month2 1993 19943 November 771 4360 December 966 4250 Year 10,121 410,470 Notes: 1 Passengers at ports detained overnight or longer, and persons detained as illegal entrants or under deportation powers (excluding persons detained pending deportation following completion of a custodial sentence). 2 For persons detained as illegal entrants or under deportation powers, the month relates to when the illegal entrant was detected or when the notice of intention to deport was served, not when the person was detained. 3 Data for 1994 are provisional and have been rounded to the nearest 10. 4 Excluding passengers at ports detained in November and December 1994, the data on whom are not yet available.