HC Deb 24 July 1981 vol 9 cc263-4W
Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table indicating the time spent in prison department establishments by persons recommended for deportation by the courts without custodial sentence on the latest convenient date, showing the numbers detained for more than one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and 10 weeks, respectively.

Mr. Whitelaw

The information as at 22 July 1981 is as follows:

Detained for more than 1 week and not more than 2 weeks 1
Detained for more than 2 weeks and not more than 3 weeks 2
Detained for more than 3 weeks and not more than 4 weeks 4
Detained for more than 4 weeks and not more than 5 weeks 4
Detained for more than 5 weeks and not more than 6 weeks 3
Detained for more than 6 weeks and not more than 7 weeks 1
Detained for more than 7 weeks and not more than 8 weeks 3
Detained for more than 8 weeks and not more than 9 weeks
Detained for more than 9 weeks and not more than 10 weeks
Detained for more than 10 weeks 3
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