§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were (a) proceeded against and (b) found guilty, during 1984 under section 26(1)(c) of the Immigration Act, for making a false statement to an immigration officer or other person in execution of the act.
§ Mr. WaddingtonFigures for 1984 are not yet available. Those for 1979 to 1983 were published in table 21 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 1984" (Cmnd. 9544).
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§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers during 1984 by individual prison establishment and nationality.
§ Mr. MellorThe readily available information is given in the following table:
Receptions into Prison Department establishments in England and Wales in 1984 of people detained under the Immigration Act 1971: by establishment Number* Remand centres Ashford 708 Exeter 3 Manchester 4 Norwich 1 Pucklechurch 3 Risley 24 Prisons Bedford 9 Birmingham 26 Bristol 13 Brixton 2 Canterbury 13 Cardiff 11 Durham 6 Exeter 3 Gloucester 1 Holloway 51 Leeds 12 Leicester 9 Lewes 2 Lincoln 4 Liverpool 1 Norwich 4 Oxford 2 Pentonville 24 Reading 1 Swansea 2 Winchester 9 Wormwood Scrubs 1 Total 949 *The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of detention for those received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers during 1984.
§ Mr. MellorThe average period of detention in prison department establishments in England and Wales of persons initially received under Immigration Act 1971 powers who were discharged in 1984 was nearly six weeks.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will provide a table indicating the total number of people served with detention orders under paragraph 2, schedule 3 to the Immigration Act during 1984 by nationality.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information is as follows:
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Detention orders served under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 of the Immigration Act, 1971 in 1984 Nationality of person named in the order Number of orders Foreign Algeria 3 Chile 1 Colombia 1 Egypt 5 France 1 Iran 4 Iraq 1 Libya 16 Netherlands 1 Pakistan 1 Portugal 2 Sudan 1 Sweden 1 Syria 1 Turkey 3 Total foreign: 42 Commonwealth Cyprus 1 Ghana 2 Hong Kong BDTC 2 India 2 New Zealand 1 Nigeria 4 Sri Lanka 1 Total Commonwealth: 13 All countries: 55