§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of time spent in prison department establishments for persons detained under Immigration Act powers in 1983.
§ Mr. HurdI refer the hon. Member to the reply given pursuant to a question by the hon. Member for Battersea (Mr. Dubs) on 30 July.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers during 1983 by individual prison establishment and category;
(2) how many people have been received into Immigration Act detention at Her Majesty's remand centre, Ashford, in the six-month period from 1 January.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe most recent readily available information relates to 1983 and is given in the following table. Details of category could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Receptions into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1983 of people detained under the Immigration Act 1971: by establishment Establishment Number of receptions* Remand centers Ashford 661 Low Newton 2 Manchester 1 Pucklechurch 5 Risley 22 Swansea 3 Prisons Bedford 13 Birmingham 17 Bristol 22 Brixton 5 Canterbury 13 Cardiff 3 Dorchester 2 Durham 6 Exeter 4 Gloucester 6 Holloway 44 Leeds 7
Establishment Number of receptions* Leicester 3 Lincoln 5 Norwich 4 Oxford 4 Pentonville 10 Reading 1 Swansea 4 Winchester 3 Wormwood Scrubs 2 Total 872 * The figures are those recorded detailed checking of individual cases cost. centrally and are approximate: would involve disproportionate
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained under Immigration Act powers during 1983 applied to his Department to be allowed to depart voluntarily under the supervised departure provisions of paragraph 156 of the immigration rules.
§ Mr. WaddingtonRecords are not maintained of the number of people who apply to depart under the supervised departure provisions.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of detention for those treated as illegal immigrants subsequent to the House of Lords judgment in Khawaja and Khera; and what was the average length of such detention for a comparable 12-month period prior to that judgment.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation is not available in the form requested, but comparative totals of illegal entrants detained during the 12 months immediately before and after the House of Lords' judgment in Khawaja and Khera are set out in the following table.
March 1982 to February 1983 March 1983 to February 1984 Illegal entrants detained for less than one month 400 271 one month but less than two months 81 103 two months but less than three months 25 35 three months or more 11 22
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will provide, for the latest convenient date, a table indicating the number of people detained under the Immigration Act in 1983 by country of origin.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI shall reply as soon as possible.