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Mr. Kirkhope
The available information on persons in detention is given in the tables. The numbers of persons who had been detained at any time and subsequently removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process were 47 in October and 69 in November 1996. These figures are provisional and include persons departing voluntarily after deportation action had been initiated, but exclude persons removed as illegal entrants or under port refusal procedures. A corresponding figure for December 1996 is not yet available. An analysis of the deportation data, showing where the person had been detained, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Table 1: Persons recorded as being in detention1 solely under Immigration Act powers, by establishment |
|
1996 |
| Establishment |
31 October |
30 November |
31 December |
| Prison Service establishments in England and Wales2 |
| Belmarsh |
8 |
11 |
8 |
| Birmingham |
23 |
20 |
18 |
| Bristol |
7 |
5 |
3 |
| Brixton |
15 |
11 |
10 |
| Canterbury |
5 |
5 |
4 |
| Doncaster |
4 |
3 |
4 |
| Exeter |
4 |
3 |
— |
| Feltham |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Haslar |
135 |
131 |
129 |
| High Down |
30 |
28 |
23 |
| Holloway |
19 |
23 |
25 |
| Leeds |
7 |
9 |
7 |
| Manchester |
5 |
6 |
4 |
| Pentonville |
9 |
7 |
5 |
| Rochester |
190 |
186 |
183 |
| Wandsworth |
17 |
12 |
7 |
| Wormwood Scrubs |
25 |
13 |
15 |
| Others |
21 |
18 |
20 |
|
526 |
493 |
469 |
| Immigration Service detention centres |
| Campsfield House |
195 |
189 |
194 |
| Dover Harbour Board |
6 |
10 |
9 |
| Gatwick Meadvale |
45 |
45 |
44 |
| Harmondsworth |
87 |
89 |
90 |
| Harwick |
— |
1 |
1 |
| Heathrow Queen's |
|
|
|
| Building |
13 |
14 |
15 |
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| Table 1: Persons recorded as being in detention1 solely under Immigration Act powers, by establishment |
|
1996 |
| Establishment |
31 October |
30 November |
31 December |
| Manchester Airport |
13 |
13 |
4 |
| Tinsley House |
136 |
139 |
132 |
|
495 |
500 |
489 |
| Total |
1,021 |
993 |
958 |
| 1 Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete. |
| 2 Data are provisional. |
| Table 2: Persons recorded as being in detention1 solely under Immigration Act powers, by nationality and gender |
|
1996 |
| Nationality |
31 October |
30 November |
31 December |
| European Economic Area |
| Austria |
— |
— |
— |
| Belgium |
— |
— |
— |
| Denmark |
— |
— |
— |
| Finland |
— |
— |
— |
| France |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| Germany |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Greece |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Iceland |
— |
— |
— |
| Ireland |
— |
1 |
— |
| Italy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Luxembourg |
— |
— |
— |
| Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Norway |
— |
— |
— |
| Portugal |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Spain |
— |
— |
— |
| Sweden |
— |
— |
— |
| Other Europe |
| Bulgaria |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Cyprus |
21 |
13 |
27 |
| Former Czechoslovakia |
6 |
5 |
2 |
| Hungary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Malta |
— |
— |
— |
| Poland |
8 |
6 |
6 |
| Romania |
19 |
20 |
17 |
| Russia |
6 |
6 |
7 |
| Other former USSR |
13 |
13 |
14 |
| Switzerland |
— |
— |
— |
| Turkey |
43 |
41 |
39 |
| Former Yugoslavia |
18 |
14 |
18 |
| Other Europe |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Americas |
| Argentina |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Barbados |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Brazil |
— |
1 |
— |
| Canada |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Chile |
— |
1 |
1 |
| Colombia |
15 |
10 |
24 |
| Guyana |
1 |
— |
— |
| Jamaica |
45 |
40 |
43 |
| Mexico |
— |
— |
— |
| Peru |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
— |
— |
| USA |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Venezuela |
1 |
— |
1 |
| Other Americas |
6 |
9 |
7 |
| Africa |
| Algeria |
86 |
95 |
96 |
| Angola |
19 |
14 |
18 |
| Egypt |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Ethiopia |
12 |
9 |
8 |
| Ghana |
61 |
56 |
51 |
| Kenya |
6 |
8 |
6 |
| Libya |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Mauritius |
— |
— |
— |
| Morocco |
8 |
10 |
8 |
| Nigeria |
129 |
125 |
133 |
| Sierra Leone |
9 |
10 |
9 |
| Somalia |
7 |
8 |
3 |
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| Table 2: Persons recorded as being in detention1 solely under Immigration Act powers, by nationality and gender |
|
1996 |
| Nationality |
31 October |
30 November |
31 December |
| South Africa |
10 |
5 |
10 |
| Sudan |
6 |
4 |
7 |
| Tanzania |
5 |
5 |
7 |
| Tunisia |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Uganda |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Zaire |
45 |
42 |
40 |
| Zambia |
5 |
2 |
2 |
| Zimbabwe |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Other Africa |
54 |
52 |
42 |
| Indian sub-continent |
| Bangladesh |
17 |
12 |
11 |
| India |
113 |
122 |
100 |
| Pakistan |
59 |
55 |
49 |
| Middle East |
| Iran |
13 |
13 |
9 |
| Iraq |
2 |
2 |
7 |
| Israel |
16 |
16 |
12 |
| Jordan |
— |
— |
1 |
| Kuwait |
— |
— |
— |
| Lebanon |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Saudi Arabia |
— |
— |
— |
| Syria |
— |
— |
— |
| Yemen |
— |
1 |
1 |
| Other Middle East |
— |
1 |
1 |
| Remainder of Asia |
| China |
40 |
35 |
39 |
| Hong Kong2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Indonesia |
— |
— |
— |
| Japan |
— |
— |
— |
| Malaysia |
— |
— |
— |
| Philippines |
— |
— |
— |
| Singapore |
— |
— |
— |
| South Korea |
— |
— |
— |
| Sri Lanka |
40 |
47 |
29 |
| Taiwan |
— |
— |
— |
| Thailand |
— |
— |
— |
| Other Asia |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Oceania |
| Australia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| New Zealand |
— |
— |
— |
| Other Oceania |
— |
— |
— |
| British Overseas citizens |
— |
— |
— |
| Stateless3 and nationality doubtful |
12 |
22 |
11 |
| All nationalities |
1,028 |
998 |
965 |
| Of whom |
|
|
|
| —males |
934 |
900 |
871 |
| —females |
94 |
98 |
94 |
| 1 Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete. |
| 2 Including Hong Kong stateless persons. |
| 3 Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons. |