§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were removed from the UK in each year since 1997. [156095]
§ Beverley HughesThe number of people removed from the United Kingdom in each year from 1997 to 2002 (the latest available year) is shown in the table.
Persons removed from the United Kingdom 1997 to 2002 1 Total persons removed2 1997 31,145 1998 34,920 1999 37,780 2000 46,645 2001 49,135 20023 65,460 1Under sections 3(5), 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1971, or under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. 2Including persons departing "voluntarily" after enforcement action had been initiated against them. 3Provisonal figures. Information on the total number of people removed each year from the United Kingdom is published annually in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom" and in the Command Publication of the same name. These are available from the Home Office website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html and from the Library. Information on the total number of people removed from the United Kingdom in 2003 is due to be published in the aforementioned statistical bulletin on the Home Office website towards the end of August 2004.