§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants have been caught; and how many of these have been deported during each of the last five years to the latest available date.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation about the numbers of people detained and removed as illegal entrants is given in the following table. The figure for those detained during 1976 includes a number of cases where a decision had not been taken or removal had still to be effected at the end of the year.
Detained Removed 1972 59* 59* 1973 258 176 1974 157 139 1975 188 154 1976 374† 264† * Excluding foreign nationals. † Provisional.