§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were recommended for deportation with no custodial sentence598W during (a) 1995 and (b) 1996 to the latest convenient date; and in how many such cases the courts directed release (i) subject to conditions and (ii) without conditions; [38081]
(2) how many decisions to make a deportation order, by nationality of the potential deportee, where there is a right of appeal as provided under (a) section 5 of the Immigration Act 1988 or (b) section 8(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 have been made in each quarter since 1 July 1994; and on what basis these decisions have been made; [38059]
(3) how many people were received into (i) prison department establishments, (ii) immigration detention centres or (iii) police cells under Immigration Act powers during (a) 1995 and (b) 1996 to the latest convenient date; how many of these were (1) asylum seekers and (2) applying to remain on non-asylum grounds, by individual prison establishment or detention centre; what was the average daily population of persons so detained in each of those years; what was the average length of time spent in detention by persons so detained in each of those years; and if he will give a breakdown by nationality of persons so detained for each of those years; [38082]
(4) how many persons were detained under Immigration Act powers for a period of more than two months on completion of a custodial sentence during 1995 and 1996 to the latest convenient date. [38080]
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§ Mr. KirkhopeI will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) decisions to deport have been made, (b) deportation orders have been signed and (c) deportation orders have been enforced against (i) British overseas citizens and (ii) other British nationals who are not British citizens, in each year since 1994; to which countries it has been proposed to send these people; and how many such people whom decisions to deport were made left the country voluntarily. [38076]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe information available is given in the table. Statistics are not available on the countries to which British nationals have been removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process. The British nationals removed in 1994–96 were British dependent territories citizens or British nationals (overseas) from Hong Kong, except for one British dependent territories citizen from St. Helena in 1994 and 1 BDTC—territory not recorded—in 1995.
British nationals subject to deportation action 1994 1995 1996 January to March1 British overseas citizens Notices of intention to deport issued and court recommendations for deportation made 4 3 2 Deportation orders made 1 1 —
Passenger admissions1 and persons refused leave to enter and removed, for selected nationalities in 1995 and first quarter 1996 Nationality 1st quarter 1995 2nd quarter 1995 3rd quarter 1995 4th quarter 1995 Year 1995 1st quarter 1996 Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Jamaica 4,500 80 6,640 104 8,940 101 5,450 278 25,500 563 5,000 188 Turkey 19,600 27 21,700 42 31,300 67 24,800 107 97,400 243 24.000 65 Morocco 4,090 14 4,540 24 6,750 38 3,900 64 19,300 140 3,640 37 USA 587,000 236 940,000 230 1,030,000 227 674,000 316 3,230,000 1,009 641,000 256 Australia 87,000 81 158,000 113 179,000 104 119,000 147 543,000 445 95,000 93 Malaysia 21,900 78 37,000 105 51,200 128 38,418 86 149,000 397 29,300 155 Hong Kong2 20,200 12 23,000 12 43,700 7 16,400 16 103,000 47 19,200 4 Guyana 1,010 11 1,400 18 1,830 8 1,170 26 5,420 63 1,040 47 Trinidad and Tobago 2,780 16 4,150 16 5,830 15 3,200 32 16,000 79 2,990 31 Colombia 5,090 63 8,640 110 10,300 69 6,850 244 30,900 486 5,830 120 Algeria 3,460 55 4,070 73 6,170 60 3,940 113 17,600 301 3,920 71 1 Rounded figures, numbers of journeys. 2 Including Hong Kong stateless persons.