§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of seamen, by nationality, detained other than aboard ships in 1983 and so far in 1984; where they were detained; and for how long.
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§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information is as follows:
1983 1984 Bangladesh 1 — Benin 1 — Cyprus 2 — Denmark 1 — Egypt 1 — Gambia 2 9 Germany (Democratic Republic) 2 — Germany (Federal Republic) 2 1 Ghana 3 1 Greece 2 — India 10 1 Iran 1 — Morocco — 2 Pakistan 5 — Philippines 1 1 Portugal 1 — St. Lucia — 2 South Africa 1 — Spain — 1 Sri Lanka 1 — Sudan 1 — Sweden 2 — Syria — 1 Tanzania — 3 Turkey — 1 USA 1 — USSR 1 — Nationality doubful 1 — The place or places of detention for each detainee cannot be provided without disproportionate cost. In general, police cells are used if the stay is for less than five days, although seamen may be detained in a port detention unit if there is one near to the port of arrival. Detention is rarely for more than one or two days. The numbers for 1984 are up to noon on 7 July.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number and nationality of seamen detained on board ship in 1983 and so far in 1984.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is as follows:
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1983 1984 Bangladesh 14 1 Benin 2 — Cameroon 1 — Cyprus 1 1 El Salvador 1 — Gambia 7 9 Germany (Federal Republic) — 4 Ghana 12 7 Greece 1 — India 89 30 Indonesia 1 — Lebanon 2 — Liberia 1 1 Malta — 1 Mauritius 1 — Nigeria 3 2 Norway 1 — Pakistan 62 25 Poland — 3 Portugal — 1 Sri Lanka 18 15 Syria — 1 Tanzania 3 — Togo 1 — Tunisia — 1 Turkey 1 1 Upper Volta 1 —
1983 1984 USSR 1 — Yugoslavia 1 1 Nationality Doubtful 2 — The numbers for 1984 are up to noon on 7 July.