HC Deb 24 July 1979 vol 971 cc110-2W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons detained on 31 December 1978 and 30 June 1979 awaiting deportation on the recommendation of a court received custodial sentences.

Mr. Raison

The information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations for deportation were made by the courts in 1978.

Mr. Raison

The courts made 980 recommendations for deportation in 1978.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of deportation orders signed during the calendar year 1978 by country of nationality of the person named in the order.

Mr. Raison

The information is as follows.

NUMBER OF DEPORTATION ORDERS SIGNED IN 1978

BY NATIONALITY

Algeria 14
Argentina 2
Austria 2
Belgium 2
Brazil 2
Cameroons 5
Chile 6
Colombia 26
Denmark 1
Djibouti 1
Egypt 30
Finland 1
France 8
Germany 9
Greece 10
Indonesia 1
Iran 30
Iraq 2
Ireland 24
Israel 8
Italy 18
Jordan 1
Kuwait 1
Lebanon 3
Libya 3
Morocco 12
Netherlands 1
Nicaragua 1
Norway 1
Pakistan 115
Peru 4
Phillipines 4
Poland 7
Portugal 3
Qatar 1
Saudi Arabia 5
Somalia 2
South Africa 9
Spain 9
Sudan 3
Sweden 2
Syria 2
Thailand 6
Tunisia 7
Turkey 37
U.S.A. 20
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 3
Yemen 4
Yugoslavia 5
Zaire 2
Australia 12
Bangladesh 22
Barbados 2
Canada 5
Cyprus 90
Dominica 1
Fiji 1
Gambia 3
Ghana 202

Granada 1
Guyana 16
Hong Kong 11
India 84
Jamaica 9
Kenya 15
Malaysia 17
Malta 2
Mauritius 29
New Zealand 4
Nigeria 139
Rhodesia 2
Seychelles 5
Sierra Leone 12
Singapore 5
Sri Lanka 22
St. Helena 1
Swaziland 1
Tanzania 22
Trinidad 8
West Indies Associated States 4
Stateless 11
Total 1,234

The countries listed are those which issued the passports: this is not necessarily the country of birth in each case.

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