HC Deb 02 December 1980 vol 995 cc47-8W
Mr. Soley

asked 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. Raison

I 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

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

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