§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) children and (b) women have been detained overnight under the Immigration Act in 1983 and so far in 1984; where they were detained; and for what length of time they were detained.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is as follows:
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Number Children under 17 detained overnight 1983 Harmondsworth 122 Gatwick detention unit 12 Glasgow detention unit 1 On board ship 4 Total 139 Children under 17 detained overnight 1984 Harmondsworth 46 Gatwick detention unit 5 On board ship 6 Harwich BTC PS 1 Total 58 Women detained overnight 1983 Harmondsworth 571 Dover Harbour Board PS 3 Dover West PTC PS 2 Birmingham detention unit 4 Manchester detention unit 2 On board ship 2 Police stations* 5 Police stations/prisons† 2 Gatwick detention unit 211 Newhaven BTC PS 2 Glasgow detention unit 1
Number Glasgow PS 1 Glasgow PS and prison 1 Harwich BTC PS 5 Sheerness PS 1 Total 813 Women detained overnight 1984 Harmondsworth 290 Dover Harbour Board PS 1 Dover West BTC PS 1 Birmingham detention unit 2 On board ship 10 Police stations (Deptford) 1 Gatwick detention unit 123 Newhaven BTC PS 2 Harwich BTC PS 2 Police station/prison (Tottenham PS/Holloway) 1 Total 423 * Leyton, City road, Harlesden, Bournemouth, Southampton. † Thurso PS/HMP Petersfield, Penzance and Exeter/PS Pucklechurch RC.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons, by nationality, were detained overnight in 1983 in port detention centres.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information is as follows:
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Number Afghanistan 48 Algeria 41 Antigua 3 Argentina 11 Australia 14 Austria 4 Bangladesh 129 Barbados 1 Belgium 1 Bermuda 1 Bolivia 2 Brazil 13 Bulgaria 4 Burma 1 Cameroon 4 Canada 11 Cayman Islands 2 Central African Republic 1 Chile 17 China 3 Colombia 66 Cyprus 9 Denmark 4 Dominica 5 Ecuador 1 Egypt 14 Ethiopia 8 Gambia 22 Federal Republic of Germany 10 Ghana 543 Greece 9 Grenada 8 Guinea Bissau 1 Guyana 3 Haiti 1 Honduras 1 Hong Kong 52 Hungary 4 Iceland 3 India 275 Indonesia 17 Iran 100 Iraq 33
Number Israel 17 Italy 7 Ivory Coast 7 Jamaica 14 Japan 13 Jordan 11 Kenya 15 Korea 3 Kuwait 6 Lebanon 10 Lesotho 2 Liberia 3 Libya 25 Luxembourg 1 Malagasy 1 Malta 10 Mauritius 15 Mexico 16 Morocco 46 Mozambique 1 Netherlands 2 New Zealand 1 Niger 2 Nigeria 606 Norway 5 Pakistan 509 Panama 1 Paraguay 1 Peru 4 Philippines 22 Poland 11 Portugal 48 Qatar 3 Romania 4 Salvador 1 St. Lucia 1 Saudi Arabia 13 Senegal 2 Singapore 9 Somalia 1 South Africa 9 Spain 110 Sri Lanka 96 Sudan 13 Surinam 3 Sweden 4 Switzerland 17 Syria 9 Tanzania 21 Thailand 11 Togo 3 Trinidad 3 Tunisia 38 Turkey 66 UAE 1 Uganda 24 British Overseas Citizens 3 Uruguay 6 USA 106 USSR 9 Venequela 14 Vietnam 2 North Yemen 3 South Yemen 1 Yugoslavia 14 Zaire 4 Zambia 4 Zimbabwe 2 Nationality Doubtful 83 These figures do not include persons detained at Queen's building, Heathrow. The statistics at this unit are kept in a different way and the information requested cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. In 1983, 4,146 persons were detained there for some period not necessarily overnight.
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§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were detained in port detention centres, by sex and establishment, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAt noon on 7 July 1984 the persons detained were as follows:
Male Female Harmondsworth 15 1 Queen's building, Heathrow 8 1 Gatwick 10 5 Manchester 6 — Harwich 1 — Dover East 1 —
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons, by nationality, have been detained overnight in port detention centres so far in the current year.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information up to noon on 7 July is as follows:
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Number Afghanistan 3 Algeria 18 Antigua 2 Argentina 5 Australia 7 Austria 5 Bangladesh 75 Barbados 1 Bermuda 1 Bolivia 2 Brazil 6 Canada 4 Cape Verde 1 Chile 3 China 3 Colombia 32 Cyprus 5 Cuba 10 Czechoslovakia 1 Denmark 1 Ecuador 2 Egypt 6 Equatorial Guinea 1 Ethiopia 5 France 2 Gambia 29 Federal Republic of Germany 4 Ghana 387 Greece 7 Grenada 1 Guyana 2 Hong Kong 11 Hungary 1 Iceland 1 India 298 Indonesia 3 Iran 57 Iraq 19 Israel 19 Italy 5 Jamaica 9 Japan 6 Jordan 2 Kenya 8 Korea 9 Kuwait 1 Lebanon 6 Liberia 1 Libya 33 Malaysia 8 Malawi 1
Number Malta 7 Mauritius 6 Mexico 9 Morocco 31 Mozambique 3 Nepal 2 Netherlands 3 New Zealand 2 Nicaragua 1 Nigeria 334 Norway 2 Oman 1 Pakistan 129 Peru 2 Philippines 25 Poland 11 Portugal 47 Romania 4 St. Lucia 1 Saudi Arabia 7 Senegal 1 Seychelles 2 Sierra Leone 10 Singapore 7 Somalia 1 South Africa 4 Spain 71 Sri Lanka 59 Sudan 5 Surinam 1 Sweden 7 Switzerland 9 Syria 9 Tanzania 9 Thailand 4 Tunisia 23 Turkey 62 Uganda 13 British Overseas Citizens 2 Uruguay 1 United States of America 51 USSR 1 Venezuela 4 South Yemen 3 Yugoslavia 6 Zambia 7 Zimbabwe 2 Nationality Doubtful 27 Others 1 These figures do not include persons detained in Queen's building, Heathrow. In 1984 a total of 2,288 persons have been detained in that unit not necessarily overnight. A breakdown by nationality cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.