§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing, for the prison population detained under Immigration Act powers by prison department establishment and country of origin, on 15 August, 12 September, 10 October, 7 November or the nearest convenient dates, those who were (a) alleged illegal entrants, (b) recommended for deportation by the courts without custodial sentence, (c) recommended for deportation and custodial sentence and (d) discharged (i) under section 3(5)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (ii) under section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. RaisonI regret that the information can be provided only for a current date. On 27 November the number of persons detained in prison department establishments under the powers in the Immigration Act 1971 was as follows:
TABLE 1 ENGLAND AND WALES Prison department establishment: (a) (b) (c) (d)(i) (d)(ii) Ashford 31 19 9 20 4 Bedford 4 1 Birmingham 3 1 Blundeston 1 Bristol 1 Brixton 3 Canterbury 1 Cardiff 1 Dorchester 1 Durham 1 Exeter 2 Holloway 2 1 leeds 1 Lincoln 1 New Hall 1 Nottingham 1 Pentonville 1 1 3 2 Reading 2 Risley 1 1 Shrewsbury 1 Winchester 1 1 1 Wormwood Scrubs 1 Police cells* 4 6 2 46 29 31 28 4
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SCOTLAND Prison: (a) (b) (c) (d)(i) (d)(ii) Barlinnie 1 1 Edinburgh 1 1 2 * These would be detained in prison but for the current industrial dispute
TABLE 2 ENGLAND AND WALES Country of origin (a) (b) (c) (d)(i) (d)(ii) Algeria 4 1 1 Australia 1 Bangladesh 2 1 Belgium 1 Chile 1 Columbia 3 5 Cyprus 3 2 Egypt 3 Federal Republic of Germany 1 Finland 1 France 1 Ghana 4 4 2 9 Greece 1 Grenada 1 Guyana 1 Hong Kong 1 India 8 1 1 4 Iran 2 5 1 Irish Republic 1 2 Jamaica 1 Jordan 2 1 Libya 1 Malawi 1 Malayasia 1 Malta 1 Mauritius 1 Mexico 1 Morocco 1 1 1 New Zealand 1 Nigeria 4 3 2 6 Pakistan 7 1 2 1 Poland 1 Portugal 1 Sierra Leone 1 1 South Africa 1 Sudan 1 Syria 1 Thailand 1 1 Trinidad 1 Turkey 2 2 1 United States of America 1 1 1 Yugoslavia 1 46 29 31 28 4
SCOTLAND Country of origin (a) (b) (c) (d)(i) (d)(ii) India 1 1 New Zealand 1 1 2