HC Deb 18 December 1979 vol 976 cc118-9W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of of State for the Home Department, in each month of the current year, how many cases of overstayers have been raised; how many overstayers have been apprehended; how many have been allowed to remain subsequent to apprehension; and how many have been deported.

Mr. Raison

Information is not available in the form requested. The following table gives available information for 1979 about the number of inquiries initiated by the special overstayers tracing units in the Home Office to trace possible over-

Inquiries initiated by the special overstayers tracing units in the Home Office
1979 Number of inquiries initiated Number of overstayers traced* Total deportation Orders made
January Not available 80 98
February 2,082 142 103
March 3,213 152 164
April 1,802 99 90
May 2,281 101 94
June 1,911 112 135
July 1,748 164 95
August 1,973 174 120
September 1,676 199 132
October 1,388 179 74
TOTAL 18,074 1,402 1,105
*The inquiries about overstayers traced in a particular month may have been initiated in a previous month.
Total deportation orders made in the month including those made against people who were not overstayers. A deportation order may relate to an overstayer traced in a previous month.

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