§ 16. Dr. ReidTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now recruit more staff at Lunar house to cope with immigration cases; and if he will make a statement.
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§ 26. Mr. BoatengTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now recruit more staff at Lunar house to cope with the present immigration work load; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonVigorous steps are being taken to recruit some 100 additional staff for the immigration and nationality department at Lunar house during the current financial year. In addition, we are planning to recruit more than 100 further staff outside London to deal with the influx of citizenship applications.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the total number of passengers granted temporary admission in(a) 1986 and (b) 1987 subsequently absconded.
§ Mr. RentonIn all, 1,161 passengers absconded in 1986 and 821 in 1987. Separate figures are not available, but the great majority would have been on temporary admission.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were detained overnight during 1987 in(a) Harmondsworth detention centre, (b) Queen's building, Heathrow and (c) the Beehive, Gatwick;
(2) what was the total number of passengers detained overnight under Immigration Act powers during 1987, by nationality.
§ Mr. RentonThe tables give the numbers of passengers whose detention spanned at least one night pending a decision on their admission to or their removal from the United Kingdom.
Passengers1 detained overnight in certain locations, 1987 Location Number Harmondsworth 4,370 Queen's building 21,907 Gatwick (virtually all at the Beehive) 1,825 1 Excluding illegal entrants and deportees. 2 Provisional. 534W
Passengers detained overnight by nationality 19871 Number2 Non-EC Foreign Nationals Algeria 613 Arab Republic of Egypt 33 Argentina 4 Austria 13 Brazil 105 Bulgaria 2 Chile 32 China 11 Colombia 169 Cuba 3 Czechoslovakia 9 Ethiopia 67 Finland 7 GDR 4 Hungary 5 Indonesia 3 Iran 480 Iraq 198 Israel 66 Japan 71 Jordon 24 Kuwait 4 Lebanon 119 Libya 25 Mexico 31 Morocco 337 535W
Number2 Norway 28 Pakistan 557 Peru 17 Philippines 84 Poland 10 Romania 1 Saudi Arabia 14 Somalia 57 South Africa 56 Sudan 59 Sweden 22 Switzerland 15 Syria 27 Thailand 58 Tunisia 121 Turkey 1,008 USA 271 USSR 9 Uruguay 4 Venezuela 19 Yugoslavia 110 Other Foreign Countries 393 Stateless 235 Total Non-EC Foreign 5,610 EC Nationals Belgium 3 Denmark 3 France 23 Germany 8 Greece 7 Italy 18 Luxembourg — Netherlands 5 Portugal 200 Spain 131 Total EC 398 Commonwealth Citizens Australia 45 Bangladesh 439 Barbados 1 Canada 36 Cyprus 71 Ghana 651 Guyana 17 Hong Kong BDTC 146 India 476 Jamaica 202 Kenya 44 Malaysia 176 Malta 14 Mauritius 56 New Zealand 23 Nigeria 705 Sierra Leone 88 Singapore 38 Sri Lanka 718 Tanzania 58 Trinidad & Tobago 18 Uganda 262 Zambia 20 Zimbabwe 32 BOC 41 Other Commonwealth countries 149 Total Commonwealth 4,526 All Nationalities 10,534 1 Excluding illegal entrants and deportees. 2 Provisional. The figures include a small element of double counting when a passenger is detained at more than one location.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the total number of persons treated as illegal entrants in 1987, who were granted temporary admission, subsequently absconded.
§ Mr. RentonA total of 924 illegal entrants were granted temporary release, in 1987 pending completion of their cases. Of these, 50 failed to comply with the terms attached and were subsequently recorded as absconders.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained under Immigration Act powers applied to the Home Office to be allowed to depart voluntarily under the supervised departure provisions of paragraph 156 of the immigration rules during 1987.
§ Mr. RentonI regret that the information in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, in 1987 63 persons used the supervised departure provision in paragraph 156 of the immigration rules.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were recommended for deportation with no custodial sentence during 1987; and in how many such cases the courts directed release(a) subject to conditions, and (b) without conditions.
§ Mr. RentonDuring 1987 a total of 352 persons were recommended for deportation by the courts with no custodial sentence. The courts directed release subject to restrictions in 52 cases and without restrictions in 135 cases.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into Prison Department establishments under Immigration Act powers during 1987, by individual prison establishment.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggInformation for 1987 is not yet available. The latest information is given in the table.
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Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into Prison Department establishments in England and Wales in 1986 Establishment Number1 Remand centres Ashford 144 Brockhill 1 Exeter 1 Latchmere House 863 Low Newton 1 Norwich 1 Risley 9 Prisons Bedford 4 Birmingham 46 Bristol 25 Brixton 1 Canterbury 34 Cardiff 7 Durham 7 Exeter 4 Gloucester 2 Holloway 11 Hull 3 Leeds 7 Leicester 5 Lewes 3 Lincoln 2 Norwich 1 Pentonville 21 Shrewsbury 1 Winchester 4
Establishment Number1 Wormwood Scrubs 3 Others Blantyre House 95 Bullwood Hall 1 Erlestoke 115 All Prison Department establishments 1,422 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate, detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of time spent in Prison Department establishments for persons detained under Immigration Act powers during 1987.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggInformation for 1987 is not yet available. The average period of detention in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales of persons initially received under the Immigration Act 1971 powers who were discharged in 1986 was about four weeks.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average daily population of persons detained in Prison Department establishments under Immigration Act powers during 1987.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIn 1987 the average population of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales was 167.
§ Mr. HollandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were detained under Immigration Act powers for a period of more than two months on completion of a custodial sentence during 1987.
§ Mr. RentonForty-one, excluding deportation cases who served a custodial sentence of seven days or less, about whom information is not readily available.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give, for each year since 1979, the number of children removed from the country, under the terms of the Immigration Acts; and how many of these had representations made on their behalf by right hon. and hon. Members.
§ Mr. RentonComprehensive information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will give, for each year since 1979, the number of stops requested by hon. Members under the Immigration Act which were refused;
(2) if he will give, for each year since 1979, the number of people represented by hon. Members who were refused entry and subsequently made voluntary departures, under the terms of the Immigration Act;
(3) how many persons, for each year since 1979, who were deported under the current immigration laws had representations made on their behalf by right hon. and hon. Members.
§ Mr. RentonI regret that the information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons of Turkish or Kurdish origin were detained between 21 March and 5 May at Harmondsworth detention centre.
§ Mr. RentonA total of 161 Turkish nationals were detained at Harmondsworth between the dates given. Records do not distinguish ethnic origin.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were detained at(a) Harmondsworth and (b) other detention centres, over the past year.
§ Mr. RentonDuring the 12 months ended 30 April 1988 the numbers of persons under the age of 18 detained in the main immigration service detention centres were as follows:
Number Harmondsworth 222 The Beehive, Gatwick 163 Queen's Building, Heathrow 43 Note: Some people may have been detained in more than one location.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers and other persons for whom his Department is responsible escorted the 19 people alleged to be of Kurdish or Turkish origin back to Turkey on 5 May.
§ Mr. RentonTwenty-five officers of the Metropolitan police escorted the group. They were also accompanied by two members of the immigration service, an interpreter engaged for the occasion and a doctor engaged by the airline.