HC Deb 20 January 1986 vol 90 cc7-8W
Mr. Baldry

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many individuals came ashore from Warsaw pact ships during 1985 at Ullapool, Aberdeen, Stornoway and Leith;

(2) what steps are taken as a matter of routine to seek to ensure that crewmen from ships of Warsaw pact nations are properly documented and recorded when disembarking for shore leave in British ports.

Mr. Waddington

Under section 8 of the Immigration Act crew members are normally exempted from the

Number of women police officers in England and Wales
On 31 December 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 30 November 1985 Variation since 1979
strength strength strength strength strength strength strength actual per cent.
Avon and Somerset 180 +8 188 +9 197 -4 193 +7 200 — 200 +1 201 +21 +11.66
Bedfordshire 80 +5 85 -4 81 +5 86 +9 95 +7 102 — 102 +22 +27.50
Cambridgeshire 91 -6 85 +4 89 +6 95 -2 93 +5 98 +7 105 +14 +15.38
Cheshire 184 +14 198 +11 209 -1 208 +4 212 -7 205 +3 208 +24 +13.04
Cleveland 152 -1 151 +5 156 -11 145 +2 147 +2 149 -2 147 -5 -3.28
Cumbria 71 +2 73 +2 75 -4 71 +6 77 — 77 +3 80 +9 +12.67
Derbyshire 177 +7 184 -9 175 +2 177 -1 176 -2 174 +4 178 +1 +0.56
Devon and Cornwall 185 +22 207 +1 208 +32 240 +8 248 +14 262 +2 264 +79 +42.70
Dorset 106 +3 109 +3 112 +3 115 -1 114 -5 109 +5 114 +8 +7.54
Durham 95 -4 91 — 91 -5 86 -6 80 -7 73 +12 85 -10 -10.52
Dyfed Powys 62 +5 67 -2 65 — 65 +4 69 +5 74 +10 84 +22 +35.48
Essex 203 +28 231 -2 229 +5 234 +4 238 +15 253 -11 242 +39 +19.21
Gloucestershire 79 +13 92 +6 98 +3 101 — 101 -5 96 +10 106 +27 +34.17
Greater Manchester 801 +65 866 -19 847 +1 848 -23 825 -27 798 +12 810 +9 +1.12
Gwent 59 +1 60 +4 64 +7 71 -5 66 +3 69 — 69 +10 +16.94
Hampshire 185 +21 206 -1 205 +20 225 +5 230 +4 234 +18 252 +67 +36.21
Hertfordshire 157 +14 171 +11 182 -5 177 -4 173 -3 170 +3 173 +16 +10.19
Humberside 160 +6 166 -3 163 -15 148 +9 157 -10 147 +2 149 -11 -6.87
Kent 288 +19 307 -2 305 +4 309 -11 298 +2 300 -12 288 — —
Lancashire 212 +10 222 +15 237 -1 236 -1 235 -5 230 -11 219 +7 +3.30
Leicestershire 155 +21 176 -2 174 +1 175 -2 173 +2 175 +7 182 +27 +17.41
Lincolnshire 73 +2 75 -3 72 +2 74 +1 75 -3 72 +7 79 +6 +8.21
Merseyside 503 +11 514 +2 516 -8 508 -3 505 -1 504 +8 512 +9 +1.78
Norfolk 64 +7 71 +6 77 +4 81 +11 92 -1 91 — 91 +27 +42.18
Northamptonshire 53 +1 54 +8 62 +4 66 +13 79 +5 84 +3 87 +34 +64.15
Northumbria 215 +1 216 -2 214 -7 207 +15 222 +11 233 -1 232 +17 +7.90
North Wales 96 +7 103 — 103 -3 100 -5 95 +8 103 -7 96 — —
North Yorkshire 97 -5 92 -2 90 +3 93 -7 86 +5 91 +18 109 +12 +12.37
Nottinghamshire 152 -6 146 — 146 — 146 -4 142 -11 131 +5 136 -16 -10.52
South Wales 141 — 141 -6 135 +21 156 +7 163 +22 185 — 185 +44 +31.20
South Yorkshire 262 +20 282 — 282 -6 276 +1 277 +6 283 -4 269 +7 +2.67
Staffordshire 148 +31 179 +8 187 +7 194 +11 205 +20 225 +8 233 +85 +57.43
Suffolk 84 +6 90 -4 86 +6 92 -1 91 -4 87 +4 91 +7 +8.33
Surrey 133 +28 161 +3 164 +5 169 -5 164 +5 169 +6 175 +42 +31.57
Sussex 202 +15 217 +12 229 -9 220 +4 224 +13 237 +7 244 +42 +20.79
Thames Valley 195 +62 257 +11 268 +23 291 +20 311 +4 315 -1 314 +119 +61.02
Warwickshire 79 — 79 +6 85 -3 82 -4 78 — 78 -4 74 -5 -6.32
West Mercia 180 +24 204 — 204 -1 203 +6 209 — 209 +13 222 +42 +23.33
West Midlands 748 +113 861 +33 894 +12 906 -7 899 -41 858 +15 873 +125 +16.71
West Yorkshire 466 +39 505 +13 518 — 518 -12 506 -20 486 -10 476 +10 +2.14
Wiltshire 94 +4 98 -14 84 +2 86 -1 85 — 85 +1 86 -8 -8.51
City of London 70 +8 78 +2 80 — 80 -2 78 — 78 +1 79 +9 +12.85
Metropolitan 1,735 +337 2,072 +242 2,314 +148 2,462 +21 2,483 +1 2,484 +60 2,544 +809 +46.62
TOTAL 9,472 +958 10,430 +342 10,772 +243 11,015 +61 11,076 +7 11,083 +182 11,265 +1,793 +18.92

provision to obtain formal permission from an immigration officer before going ashore. They are required to leave the port with the ship. The master is required to provide a crew list and to report any deserter. These provisions apply at all United Kingdom ports and they apply to non-British crew members of all nationalities, without distinction. Records are not kept of seamen coming ashore in this way. Warsaw pact ships are visited for the purpose of checking crews, but it would not be appropriate to disclose the detail or frequency of these arrangements.