§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the citizenship rights to which the British-born children of Mr. and Mrs. Djemal of 65 Broad Lane, London, N.15, are entitled, deportation orders having been issued against the parents; and what is the earliest date the children will become entitled to a State education in Great Britain.
§ Dr. SummerskillThese children acquired citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies by birth in the United Kingdom. Accordingly they have the right of abode here, irrespective of the citizenship and immigration status of their parents. A local education authority is under a duty to provide education suitable to the requirements of all pupils of compulsory school age—i.e., at the beginning of the term following the fifth birthday—who are resident in that authority's area, and who are patrial or who have settled status under the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of deportation notices he has signed in the last 12 months and group them according to the countries of origin of those concerned.
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§ Dr. SummerskillThe available information relates to deportation orders signed during the calendar year 1976 by country of nationality, and is as follows:
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Afghanistan 3 Algeria 15 Andorra 1 Antigua 2 Argentina 9 Austria 4 Australia 11 Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 18 Belgium 4 Bermuda 1 Canada 6 Chile 5 Colombia 18 Cyprus 47 Dominica 1 Ecuador 1 Egypt 21 Ethiopia 1 France 16 Gambia 2 German Federal Republic 12 Ghana 55 Greece 4 Guyana 6 Holland 3 Hong Kong 6 India 68 Indonesia 1 Iran 17 Iraq 2 Irish Republic 29 Israel 8 Italy 23 Jamaica 5 Jordan 2 Kenya 5 Lebanon 5 Liberia 2 Libya 1 Malaysia 10 Malta 5 Martinique 1 Mauritius 42 Morocco 13 New Zealand 1 Nigeria 69 Norway 1 Pakistan 87 Poland 3 Portugal 6 Rhodesia 1 St. Vincent 1 Saudi Arabia 3 Sierra Leone 5 Singapore 2 Somalia 1 South Africa 2 Spain 5 Sri Lanka 16 Switzerland 1 Syria 1 Tanzania 7 Thailand 1 Trinidad 3 Tunisia 3 Turkey 21 Togoland 1 Uganda 1
United States 22 Venezuela 1 Yemen Arab Republic 1 Yugoslavia 2 Zaire 2 In addition, deportation orders were signed in respect of six persons whose nationality was not determined.
§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases the officials of the Immigration Department have initiated action under Section 3(5)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971; and in how many of these cases he has refused to sign the deportation orders.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesAction under Section 3(5)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 is invariably initiated by officials; they put forward proposals to me for the making of deportation orders, which I then consider. Information is not available on the number of cases where I have declined to act on these proposals.
Prison Hospitals NHS Hospitals Patients Treatments Patients Treatments Birmingham … … … … 15 22 — — Bristol … … … … 2 7 — — Cardiff … … … … — — 1 3 Exeter … … … … — — 1 12 Gartree … … … … 2 10 — — Liverpool … … … … 1 6 — — Parkhurst … … … … 3 23 — — Pucklechurch … … … … 1 5 2 9 Risley … … … … — — 1 8 Rochester … … … … 1 8 — — Shepton Mallet … … … … — — 2 22 Stafford … … … … — — 3 19 Winchester … … … … 2 9 — — At Gartree and Pucklechurch, which do not have their own electro-convulsive therapy machines, treatment was given on equipment brought in for the purpose. No treatments were given at seven of the prisons which have portable ECT machines, viz., Dartmoor, Durham, Grendon, Holloway, Leeds, Manchester and Wormwood Scrubs.
Information about refusal of electro-convulsive therapy treatment is not available.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nurses without NHS qualifications have been employed upon administering electro-convulsive therapy to prisoners over the past three years.