§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained overnight during 1986 in (a) Harmondsworth detention centre, (b) Queen's building, Heathrow and (c) Beehive, Gatwick.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 10 April 1987, c. 421]: The information requested is as follows:
- (a) 3,842
- (b) 1,891
- (c) 2,217
Some passengers were detained in more than one centre.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of passengers detained overnight under Immigration Act powers during 1986, by nationality.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 10 April 1987, c. 421]: The available information relates to passengers held in Immigration detention units and police cells. No central record is maintained of the nationality of 437W passengers detained in Prison Department accommodation and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. As some passengers were detained in more than one location, there is an element of double counting.
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Immigration accommodation Police cells Afghanistan 58 4 Albania 1 0 Algeria 136 32 Andorra 8 0 Antigua 4 0 Argentina 11 1 Australia 6 1 Bahamas 0 1 Bangladesh 652 201 Barbados 1 2 Belgium 1 0 Belize 2 0 Benin 0 2 Bermuda 1 1 Bolivia 1 0 Brazil 40 6 Bulgaria 2 0 Burkina Federation 1 1 Burma 4 0 Burundi 1 0 Cameroon 6 0 Canada 7 3 Chad 9 0 Chile 16 2 China 34 2 Colombia 93 18 Costa Rica 1 0 Cyprus 21 3 Czechoslovakia 1 0 Denmark 2 3 Dominica 0 1 Ecuador 5 0 Egypt 29 3 El Salvador 4 0 Ethiopia 25 2 Fiji 1 1 Finland 4 1 France 1 4 Gabon 1 0 Gambia 3 6 Germany (Federal Republic) 3 8 Ghana 877 118 Greece 10 2 Grenada 0 1 Guatemala 1 1 Guyana 6 1 Haiti 1 0 Hong Kong 39 19 Hungary 11 4 Iceland 1 0 India 854 157 Indonesia 0 7 Iran 464 50 Iraq 53 3 Israel 40 11 Italy 9 0 Ivory Coast 2 0 Jamaica 57 5 Japan 11 1 Jordan 5 0 Kenya 16 1 Kiribati 1 0 Korea 8 0 Kuwait 4 0 Lebanon 31 8 Liberia 1 0 Libya 24 9 Malaysia 45 1 Malta 4 0
Immigration accommodation Police cells Mauritius 23 4 Mexico 14 3 Morocco 84 32 Namibia 1 0 Nepal 6 4 New Zealand 2 1 Netherlands 15 6 Nigeria 1,074 203 Norway 9 5 Oman 2 0 Pakistan 832 183 Panama 1 0 Peru 13 4 Philippines 29 0 Poland 10 2 Portugal 126 14 Romania 2 0 St. Lucia 2 0 St. Kitts 1 0 Saudi Arabia 16 1 Senegal 1 0 Seychelles 38 0 Sierra Leone 10 1 Singapore 12 2 Somalia 30 0 South Africa 21 1 Spain 100 14 Sri Lanka 406 21 Sudan 9 1 Surinam 4 2 Sweden 8 11 Switzerland 11 10 Syria 14 2 Tanzania 42 5 Thailand 49 0 Togo 1 0 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 Tunisia 46 3 Turkey 624 147 Uganda 70 3 USA 159 9 USSR 2 0 Venezuela 3 0 Yogoslavia 43 6 Zaire 2 1 Zambia 1 0 Zimbabwe 18 1 Nationality Doubtful 207 56 British Overseas Citizens 10 0 Other Commonwealth Citizens 37 6 Other Foreign Nationals 68 0 British Dependent Territories Citizens 0 1 Total 8,081 1,473