§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the longest period that a non-criminal prisoner has been held in custody so far in 1978 under the Immigration Act 1971 (a) before being deported and (b) before being allowed to stay in the United Kingdom;
3W(2) how many non-criminal prisoners have been detained in prison since the Immigration Act 1971 came into force; and what was the longest time a person spent in prison (a) before deportation and (b) before being allowed to stay in the United Kingdom;
(3) what is the longest time that a non-criminal woman prisoner has been held in custody under the Immigration Act 1971; where she was held; and to where she was deported;
(4) how many of those non-criminal prisoners held in custody in 1977 and 1978 under the Immigration Act 1971 were subsequently allowed to stay in the United Kingdom; and how long each of them had spent in custody.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees:This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.