§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how 109W many people were detained as illegal entrants in prison and elsewhere on the authority of an immigration officer; what periods they had spent in custody; and how many people being treated as illegal entrants were under temporary release on 31 December 1978, 31 March 1979 and 30 June 1979;
(2) how many persons detained as illegal entrants in the last three quarters of 1978 and the first two quarters of the
Length of detention On 4 January 1979 On 29 March 1979 On 29 June 1979 One month or less … … … 18 31 35 Two months or less … … … 15 14 13 Three months or less … … … 10 4 8 Four months or less … … … 0 5 4 More than four months … … … 5 3 0 Total … … … 48 57 60 The information requested on the grant of temporary admission cannot be provided without disproportionate cost. Between 1 January and 20 July 1979, however, a total of 114 detained as illegal entrants were granted temporary admission pending consideration of their cases.
§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of the nationalities of persons currently detained as illegal entrants on the authority of an immigration officer.
§ Mr. RaisonOn 19 July 1979, 61 persons were detained as illegal entrants on the sole authority of an immigration officer. Their nationalities were:
Algerian … … … … … 4 Bangladeshi … … … … … 4 Bulgarian … … … … … 1 Cypriot … … … … … 1 French … … … … … 1 Ghanaian … … … … … 2 Hong Kong … … … … … 1 Indian … … … … … 17 Iranian … … … … … 1 Nigerian … … … … … 7 Pakistani … … … … … 18 Turkish … … … … … 2 U.S.A. … … … … … 2 61