HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 cc618-20W
Mr. Soley

asked 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. Waddington

Figures 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).

Mr. Soley

asked 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. Mellor

The 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. Soley

asked 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. Mellor

The 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. Soley

asked 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. Waddington

The available information is as follows:

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