§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders were (a) made and (b) enforced under sections 3(5)(a), (b) and (c) and 3(6), respectively under the Immi- 643W gration Act 1971 during the third and fourth quarters of 1979; and how many decisions to deport were made during the same periods.
§ Mr. RaisonThe information is as follows:
THIRD QUARTER 1979 Immigration Act 1971 Sections Deportation Orders made Deportation Orders enforced 3(5)(a) 123 62 3(5)(b) 37 17 3(5)(c) 1 — 3(6) 186 151
FOURTH QUARTER 1979 Immigration Act 1971 Sections Deportation Orders made Deportation Orders enforced 3(5)(a) 99 48 3(5)(b) 18 30 3(5)(c) — 1 3(6) 123 117 238 decisions to deport were taken during the 3rd quarter of 1979 and 261 during the 4th quarter of 1979.
There is no direct relationship in any given period between the number of decisions to deport, the number of deportation orders made and the number of deportation orders enforced.
§ Mr. John Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the latest numbers of immigrants entering the United Kingdom over the latest recorded quarter and the origin of entry of those immigrants.
§ Mr. RaisonAcceptances for settlement on arrival, up to the third quarter of 1979, were published by broad citizenship/nationality groups in table II of Home Office Bulletin Issue No. 12/79 "Control of Immigration Statistics—Third Quarter 1979"on 17 December 1979, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. A detailed breakdown by citizenship of acceptances on arrival of Commonwealth citizens in the third quarter is included in the more detailed table—"Control of Immigration Statistics: table 5.1Q"—placed on the same day in the Library of the House.