§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the prison population detained under Immigration Act powers by prison department establishment and country of origin on the latest convenient date for those who were illegal illegal entrants.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested was as follows on 1 March 1983:
Number Detained Ashford remand centre Nigeria 2 Ghana 6 Morocco 1 India 3 Sri Lanka 1 Turkey 3 Colombia 1 Nationality doubtful 1 United States of America 1 Bedford Bangladesh 1 Crumlin Road prison. Northern Ireland India 2 Durham Holland 1 Holloway Malagasy/French 1 Manchester South Africa 1 Risley remand centre Pakistan 1 Bangladesh 1 Total 27 In addition 49 persons were in custody under both Immigration Act powers and police (or customs) powers on 1 March 1983. Details of their location are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Their nationality is as follows:
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Number in Custody Algeria 4 Australia 1 Brazil 1 Chile 2 Colombia 1 Cyprus 1 France 1 Gambia 1 Ghana 4 India 1 Iran 1 Israel 3 Morocco 1 Nationality doubtful 2 New Zealand 1 Nigeria 7 Pakistan 7 Sri Lanka 1 South Africa 1 Thailand 1 Turkey 2 UKPH (UK) 1 United States of America 4
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table, showing the prison population detained under Immigration Act powers by prison department establishment and country of origin on the latest convenient date for those who were recommended for deportation by the courts without custodial sentence.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAs at 1 March 1983, the information requested is as follows:
Number detained Ashford remand centre Colombia 1 Cyprus 1 Gambia 1 Ghana 7 Iran 2 Israel 1 Philippines 1 Portugal 1 Romania 1 Sri Lanka 1 Turkey 3 Yugoslavia 1 Zimbabwe 1 Bristol Iran 1 Jamaica 1 Zimbabwe 1 Brixton Sierra Leone 1 Holloway Argentine 1 China 1 Sierra Leone 1 Sri Lanka 1 Leeds Hong Kong 1 Lincoln Cape Verde 1 Libya 1 Risley Remand Centre Egypt 1 Hong Kong 1 Syria 1 TOTAL 36
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the prison population detained under Immigration Act powers by prison department establishment and country of origin on latest convenient date for those who were recommended for deportation and custodial sentence discharged under (a) section 3(5)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. WaddingtonPersons recommended by a court for deportation fall within the terms of section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1971.
The numbers of persons detained pending deportation under (a) section 3(5)(a) and (b) section 3(5)(b) of the Act on 1 March 1983 were as follows:
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(a) (b) Ashford Colombia 2 — Egypt 3 — Ghana 7 1 Hong Kong 1 — India 2 1 Mauritius 5 — Morocco — 1 Nigeria 7 — Sri Lanka 3 — Turkey 1 — Birmingham India 1 — Canterbury Pakistan 1 — Holloway Ghana 2 — Mauritius 1 — St. Vincent 1 — Leeds Hong Kong 1 — Leicester India 1 — Manchester Pakistan 2 — Pucklechurch Canada 1 — Risley Pakistan 1 — Shepton Mallet Italy — 2 Swansea Hong Kong 1 — Total 44 5
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who were detained as (a) overstayers, (b) alleged illegal entrants and (c) serving non-custodial sentences with a recommendation for deportation, were granted temporary release during 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation in the form requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The numbers of illegal entrants given temporary release at the time of detection were 380 in 1981 and 394 in 1982.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of times decisions were made to deport persons under section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 during 1982 by country of origin.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIn 1982, notices of intention to deport under section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 were served in 73 cases as follows:
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Numbers Egypt 1 Germany (Federal Republic) 2 Ghana 3 Holland 1 Hong Kong 1 India 6 Iran 2 Republic of Ireland 12 Israel 2 Italy 3 Jamaica 1 Kenya 1 Malaysia 1 Morocco 2 Nigeria 4
Numbers Pakistan 12 Peru 2 Qatar 1 Somalia 1 Spain 1 Sri Lanka 1 Switzerland 1 Syria 1 Turkey 3 Uganda 2 U.S.A. 6 73
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals were lodged during 1982 by persons whom it had been decided to deport under section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971; and how many appeals were allowed, dismissed and withdrawn, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information, which has been provided by the immigration appellate authorities, is as follows:
Appeals Appeals referred to the appellate authorities 53 Allowed 8 Dismissed 32 Withdrawn 15 Some of the appeals disposed of during one year will have been referred to the appellate authorities during an earlier year.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizens of European Community member states were (a) removed, (b) deported and (c) imprisoned under Immigration Act powers during 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested at(c) could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The other information requested is as follows:
- (a) Twenty illegal entrants from European Community countries were removed in 1981 and 30 in 1982.
- (b) One hundered and twenty-eight European Community citizens were deported in 1981 and 124 in 1982.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people having been detained under Immigration Act powers and subsequently granted (a) temporary admission, (b) temporary release and (c) bail, then absconded within each category during 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is not available in its entirety. In 1981, 96 passengers absconded out of a total of 5,776 who were granted temporary admission. In 1982, 144 did so out of a total of 6,584. In 1981, 26 illegal entrants absconded after being temporarily released. The figure for 1982 is 20.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who are currently serving custodial sentences are liable for deportation by country of origin.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI regret that the information is not available.
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§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost per hour of detaining a person under Immigration Act powers at (a) immigration service accommodation and (b) police port accommodation.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe total estimated cost of detaining a person in immigration service detention accommodation, as assessed in October 1981, was approximately £4.50 an hour plus VAT. This figure includes the cost of providing escorts for detainees in certain circumstances. The cost of detaining a person in police port accommodation is assessed by the port authority concerned and varies from one port to another.