HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 cc16-9W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in theOfficial Report the village and main police stations in the Richmond division of the North Yorkshire police area in the latest year for which figures are available; and which have opened and closed since 1979.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The current list of main and village police stations is as follows:

Department offers to airlines on United Kingdom immigration legislation and rules; and if he will encourage airlines to ensure that their staff at ports outwith the United Kingdom are made aware of current legislation and rules.

Mr. Renton

Advice and training is provided to airlines, on request, in the context of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987. Our policy is to encourage carriers to take advantage of such advice and training which, subject to the payment of travelling and subsistence costs by the airline, extends to their staff outside the United Kingdom.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for every week of 1988 the number of(a) notices served, (b) representations made, (c) cases where discretion was exercised, (d) demands made, (e) payments made and (f) payments waived under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987;

(2) if he will list for each week in 1988 the number of persons and their nationality refused entry on arrival at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Dover.

Mr. Renton

I will write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for every week in 1988 the average occupancy and the number of nights that accommodation was full at(a) Harmondsworth, (b) Annexe (building JA), (c) Queen's building, (d) Beehive and (e) Latchmere.

Mr. Renton

The available information is as follows:

Average occupancy figures with numbers of nights that accommodation was full in parenthesis
Week ending (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Harmondsworth Annex (building JA) Queen's building Beehive Latchmere
9 January 1988 61.0 (1) 26.0 (0) 10.5 (4) 8.0 (0) 96 (1)
16 January 1988 57.0 (0) 23.0 (0) 10.0 (4) 6.7 (0) 97 (1)
23 January 1988 59.5 (0) 28.1 (0) 10.5 (4) 9.7 (0) 97 (4)
30 January 1988 62.0 (1) 29.0 (3) — 8.4 (0) 97 (3)
6 February 1988 60 (0) 29 (1) — 10.0 (1) 96 (2)
13 February 1988 62 (0) 29 (6) — 14.0 (7) 97 (5)
20 February 1988 62 (0) 29 (4) — 8.0 (1) 98 (7)
27 February 1988 61 (0) 30 (7) —— 10 (4) 98 (7)
5 March 1988 61 (0) 29 (2) — 12 (0) 93 (0)
12 March 1988 57.4 (1) 28.7 (2) — 7.9 (2) 98 (7)
19 March 1988 60.7 (2) 27.8 (2) — 10.4 (3) 97 (6)
26 March 1988 57.8 (4) 29.4 (5) — 11 (2) 98 (7)
2 April 1988 65 (7) 29.2 (4) — 11 (2) 98 (7)
9 April 1988 63.5 (2) 30 (6) — 13 (4) 98 (7)
16 April 1988 64.5 (3) 28.5 (4) — 14 (7) 96 (1)
23 April 1988 64.5 (3) 28.5 (4) — 8 (1) 94 (1)
30 April 1988 62 (1) 26 (1) — 8 (1) 98 (7)
7 May 1988 61.7 (1) 15.8 (0) — 11 (2) 97 (1)
14 May 1988 55.8 (0) 25.8 (2) — 11 (2) 96 (2)
21 May 1988 56 (0) 26 (2) — 9 (1) 97 (3)
28 May 1988 49 (0) 21 (0) — 7 (1) 95 (1)
4 June 1988 55 (0) 27 (1) — 8 (2) 95 (0)
11 June 1988 65 (0) 25 (0) — 12 (5) 93 (0)
18 June 1988 63.1 (1) 26.8 (0) — 11 (2) 89 (0)
25 June 1988 63 (0) 28 (1) — 13 (5) 93 (0)
2 July 1988 59 (0) 27 (I) — 13 (3) 97 (5)
9 July 1988 49 (0) 25 (0) 14 (4) 12 (3) 95 (1)
16 July 1988 56 (1) 27 (0) 13 (2) 10 0) 96 (2)
23 July 1988 62 (0) 26 (1) 15 (4) 10 (2) 96 (2)
30 July 1988 59 (0) 24 (0) 12 (3) 11 (2) 94 (1)
6 August 1988 62 (1) 26 (0) 15 (6) 8 (0) 90 (0)
13 August 1988 58 (1) 31 (3) 14 (5) 12 (2) 71 (0)
20 August 1988 61 (1) 28 (4) 14 (5) 7 (0) 60 (0)
27 August 1988 56.3 (0) 25.7 (1) 12 (2) 23 (7) 63 (0)
3 September 1988 60 (1) 26 (0) 12 (1) 11 (2) 84 (0)
10 September 1988 58 (0) 25 (1) 14 (4) 13 (4) 89 (0)
17 September 1988 58 (0) 27 (1) 13 (4) 14 (6) 92 0)
24 September 1988 63.5 (2) 28 (3) 14.5 (5) 14 (7) 90 (0)
1 October 1988 59 (0) 25 (1) 14 (5) 14 (5) 96 (4)
8 October 1988 62 (3) 28 (1) 14.5 (5) 13 (5) 97 (3)
15 October 1988 61 (1) 27 (2) 15 (5) 12 (4) 91 (0)
22 October 1988 52 (0) 28 (1) 14 (5) 12 (3) 90 (0)
29 October 1988 60 (0) 25 (0) 14 (4) 7 (1) 86 (0)
5 November 1988 59 (0) 25 (0) 14 (2) 11 (2) 91 (0)
12 November 1988 60 (1) 29 (3) 15 (5) 12 (5) 91 (0)
19 November 1988 60 (1) 29 (3) 13 (5) 11 (2) 91 (0)
26 November 1988 62 (1) 27 (3) 11 (2) 11 (3) 93 (1)
3 December 1988 53 (1) 28 (2) 11 (3) 13 (5) 90 (0)
10 December 1988 61 (1) 26 (0) 15 (6) 13 (5) 90 (0)
17 December 1988 61.0 (2) 33.0 (0) 14.0 (6) 14.0 (6) 93 (0)
24 December 1988 650 (4) 300 (7) 150 (5) 170 (7) 94 (0)
31 December 1988 65.0 (7) 30.0 (7) 15.0 (7) 17.0 (7) 94 (3)

Note:—The Queen's Building detention accommodation was closed for refurbishment from 19 January 1988 until June 1988.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what record is maintained of applications made by persons arriving at(a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Dover claiming political asylum; what records are maintained as to the action taken on each request; whether records are maintained as to the initial destination of persons removed from the United Kingdom at the time of seeking asylum; and if such information is made available to (i) any other Government or agency within the European Economic Community and (ii) any other Government; and if he will make a statement;

(2) if he will list for each week in 1988 (a) the number of persons arriving at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Dover and claiming asylum, (b) of which countries they were nationals and (c) how many were (1) refused leave to enter and removed, (2) refused leave to enter and were detained, (3) refused leave to enter and granted temporary admission and (4) granted temporary admission pending a decision;

(3) what information on persons seeking asylum in the United Kingdom is made available to Governments and agencies of (a) countries within the European Economic Community and (b) other countries; and if he will make a statement;

(4) what information on persons or groups of persons seeking (a) leave to enter the United Kingdom and (b) asylum in the United Kingdom is made available to Governments within the Trevi group; and if he will make a statement;

(5) what information is held on immediate action taken on persons seeking asylum within the United Kingdom; and to whom it is made available.

Mr. Renton

Some information on applications for asylum is collected at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover for inclusion in a weekly return providing management information for internal use. I will write to the hon. Member giving the numbers and nationalities of persons arriving at these ports and claiming asylum in each week in 1988.

The limited information on outcomes of cases contained in the weekly returns is accurate only for the time at which the returns are compiled. It is not updated to take account of subsequent action and is not aggregated, since it would not give a meaningful picture. Information from the weekly returns is not made available systematically to any other Government or agency.

Comprehensive published statistics on asylum applications and on outcomes are derived from the refugee index computer which is maintained centrally and includes details of all asylum applications made at ports, from within the United Kingdom and from abroad; however, full details of detention, temporary admission and removals are held only on individual files.

In advance of the published statistics, provisional information on applications received and decisions taken is made available quarterly to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. These returns are produced from the refugee index. Copies are placed in the Library. Similar information is given quarterly to the European Community working group on immigration. Information is not sent to Governments within the Trevi group as such or to other countries or agencies.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each week in 1988 the number of passengers and of which country they were nationals arriving and claiming United Kingdom citizenship and who were refused entry or who were requested to submit to further examination at(a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Dover, in each case showing the action taken in respect of the passengers.

Mr. Renton

Information in the form requested has not been collected centrally since September 1988. Between 1 January and 3 September 1988, a total of 129 passengers claiming British citizenship on arrival were either refused entry or were required to submit to further examination.