§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of persons received into prisons under Immigration Act powers during 1979 and the first quarter of 1980.
§ Mr. BrittanInformation on receptions into prison department establishments in England and Wales of persons held under the Immigration Act 1971 is published annually in " Prison Statistics, England and Wales " (table 1.1 of the issue for 1978, Cmnd. 7626). Figures for 1979 and 1980 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average daily population of persons detained under Immigration Act powers during 1979.
§ Mr. BrittanThe provisional figure for the average daily population of these held under the Immigration Act 1971 in prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1979 is 166.
§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North, 18 April, where it is evident at the time of interview between the woman and the entry clearance officer that the woman is an unwilling participant in an arrangement into which she is by various means and for various purposes being induced, if it is the case that the entry clearance officer will take action in a sensitive manner to prevent that arrangement from taking place.
§ Mr. RaisonOfficers conducting interviews where it is suspected that pressure is being brought to bear endeavour to ensure that the interviewee is given every opportunity to make her true wishes known. When an application for an entry clearance or extension of stay depends on the willingness of a woman to marry the applicant, or continue in marriage with him, and it becomes clear that the woman is not so willing, the application may be refused provided that the356W woman is prepared to put her unwillingness on record, in order to justify the refusal and provide confirmation of the reason for it in any subsequent appeal hearing.