§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been deported from the UK in each of the last three years for which figures are available as(a) failed asylum seekers and (b) others whose appeals under immigration law have failed. [95444]
§ Mrs. RocheThe total number of people who have been removed or made a voluntary departure from the United Kingdom between 1996 and 1998 is shown in the table. The table also shows the number of asylum applicants who were removed or left voluntarily in each of the three years, the number who were removed or left the United Kingdom as a result of deportation action being taken against them, and the number of people in that group who had claimed asylum at some stage. Information about the number who had appealed unsuccessfully before removal is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.