HC Deb 07 May 1986 vol 97 cc162-3W
Mr. Bermingham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of non-patrials repatriated compulsorily for psychiatric reasons; and to which countries they were repatriated in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively.

Mr. Waddington

The available information is given in the table. Corresponding information for 1985 is not yet available.

Persons repatriated under the Immigration Act after compulsory admission to hospital*, by country of repatriation
Numbers of persons
Country of repatriation Year of repatriation
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Cyprus 1
Egypt 1
Guyana 1
India 1 1
Ireland, Republic of 1
Jamaica 1 1
Kenya 1
Malta 1
New Zealand 1 1
Pakistan 2 1
Sierra Leone 1
Sri Lanka 1
St. Lucia 1
United States of America 1
ALL COUNTRIES 5 4 2 5 3
* Under part V of the Mental Health Act 1959, part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 or the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964.

Mr. Bermingham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many potential immigrants were refused entry for psychiatric reasons in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985;

(2) from which countries potential immigrants were refused entry for psychiatric reasons in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.

Number of occasions on which persons were refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom because of a mental disorder
Nationals of 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Algeria 1 2
Argentina 1
Australia 1 2 1 1 3
Austria 1 3 2 3 3
Bangladesh 1 1
Belgium 4 3 6 2 3
Brazil 1 1 3 1
Canada 3 2 3 1 2 3
Chile 1
Cyprus 1 1
Denmark 4 2 3 2 5 3
Egypt 1
Finland 4 1 2 2 2
France 19 20 12 17 12 9
Germany (Dem. Rep.) 1 1 1 3
Germany (Fed. Rep.) 17 17 19 12 12 1
Ghana 1 1
Greece 3 1 3 1 2
Hong Kong BDTC 2
India 1 2 3 2
Iran 2
Israel 1 1
Italy 5 4 5 14 2 4
Jamaica 1 2 1
Japan 1 2 1 1
Lebanon 1 1
Malaysia 1 1 1
Mauritius 1
Mexico 1 1
Morocco 2 2 1 1
Netherlands 12 8 11 14 6 11
New Zealand 5
Nigeria 1 1 1
Norway 2 2 1 1 2
Pakistan 1 2 2
Poland 1
Portugal 2 1 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Sierra Leone 1
Singapore 1
South Africa 1 1
Spain 2 2 2 2 9 4
Sri Lanka 1
Sudan 1
Sweden 4 4 2 5 7 4
Switzerland 5 3 3 4 1 1
Syria 1 1
Tanzania 1
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1
Tunisia 1 1
Turkey 2 1 1
Uganda 1
United Kingdom Passport holders 1 1
United States of America 28 29 25 21 31 36
Yugoslavia 1 1 2 2
Other countries 1 2 6 1 4
Stateless 4 2 5 8 5 7
All nationalities 127 124 126 129 123 125