§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) how many persons were granted temporary admission at each of the terminals at Heathrow Airport in the second and third quarters of 1979, and how many absconded;
807 - (b) how many persons were detained in the Queen's Building and at Harmondsworth Detention Centre in the third quarter of 1979; and
- (c) how many persons seeking admission at Heathrow Airport were refused admission in each month of 1978 and 1979, to the latest available date.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, HOME OFFICE (Lord Belstead)Comprehensive information for the third quarter is not yet available. The information available is as follows:
(a) Persons granted temporary admission at Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 Terminal 2 Terminal 3 1979 2nd Quarter … 65 81 713 3rd Quarter … 206 Not available 632
Persons absconding to date Terminal 1 Terminal 2 Terminal 3 1979 2nd Quarter … 0 3 8 3rd Quarter … 0 7 14 (b) The number of persons detained in Queen's Building in the third quarter of 1979 was 1,850, and for the same period at Harmondsworth was 1,846.
(c) Number of refusals of persons seeking admission at Heathrow Airport.
1978 1979 January … … 545 904 February … … 456 599 March … … 484 668 April … … … 493 655 May … … … 585 738 June … … … 554 816 July … … … 673 878 August … … 710 1,211 September … … 817 October … … 847 November … … 736 December … … 890