§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suspected immigration offenders against whom action was taken by officers in each month since January 1988, at(a) Isis house and (b) Harmondsworth were (i) alleged illegal entrants, (ii) the subjects of deportation orders, (iii) seaman deserters, (iv) overstayers, (v) people working in breach of conditions and (vi) claimed British nationality; and how many in each category were served with notices of intention to deport (1) by officers within the immigration service and (2) by officials within the immigration and nationality department.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information is set out in the table:
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Immigration Service intelligence and investigation unit (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Illegal entrants Deportation orders served Seaman deserters Overstayers Workers in breach Notices of intention to deport served on those in (iv) (v) 1988 January 73 13 0 24 25 72 0 February 72 11 0 21 36 March 99 12 1 27 34 April 253 27 0 66 63 53 0 May June July 208 16 1 n/a n/a 94 (iv+v) August September October 271 20 1 n/a n/a 185 (iv+v) November December 1989 January 108 5 0 37 57 153 109 February 107 7 1 63 47 March 146 8 0 54 43 April 123 8 1 35 21 99 40 May 76 13 2 41 14 June 101 10 1 27 23 n/a=Not available. Notes:
No figures are available to show the number of offenders who may have claimed British nationality.
Column (ii) Some of those served with a deportation order may also have been served with a notice of intention to deport previously but no details are available.
Column (vi) All notices were served by members of the Immigration Service either before 1 August 1988 on the authority of an official in the Immigration and Nationality Department (IND), or after 1 August 1988 on the authority of an Immigration Inspector or an official within IND. The breakdown of information on a port basis is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times in each month since January 1988, immigration officers at(a) Isis house and (b) Harmondsworth took action as a result of (i) police call-outs, (ii) denunciations, (iii) Home Office file inquiries, (iv) information provided by other Government agencies,
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Isis House Offenders identified from the following sources: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Police call-outs Denunciations Home Office files Other inquiries and Government agencies Major or middle tier operations 1988 January 80 46 17 21 — February 80 51 15 — 4,320 March 90 67 17 — 12 April 71 47 11 4 — May 70 35 20 11 45 June 85 50 16 — — July 55 30 10 6 — August 73 43 — 20 — September 100 30 7 6 — October 100 40 15 10 — November 170 49 20 6 — December Information not available 1989 January 111 13 21 3 21 February 156 38 18 2 37 March 118 29 21 36 3 April 137 26 21 40 — May 105 34 25 15 — June 108 19 23 12 — (v) information arising from a major or middle tier operation and (vi) information arising as a consequence of another inquiry.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information is set out in the table:
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Column (iv)—This column relates to both information derived from other Government agencies and from other inquiries.
Column (v)—Some of these cases were referred for action by the Immigration and Nationality Department headquarters—eg the figure of 4,320 relates to students enrolled at a college under investigation in February 1988.
Immigration service intelligence and investigation unit, Harmondsworth Offenders identified from the following sources (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Police call-outs Denunciations Home Office files Other Government agencies Major or middle tier operations Other enquiries 1988 January 87 24 53 n/a 20 0 February 69 27 40 n/a 18 2 March 75 23 55 n/a 18 3 April 203 58 113 n/a 34 1 May June July 216 61 131 n/a 41 3 August September October 270 75 102 n/a 60 0 November December 1989 January 95 40 15 n/a 28 16 February 134 36 24 n/a 3 18 March 94 30 24 n/a 54 9 April 117 14 18 n/a 0 27 May 83 21 20 n/a 3 7 June 97 12 15 n/a 20 9