§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the contracts awarded by his Department to management consultants on which work is currently in progress(a) when they started, (b) when they are expected to be completed and (c) their cost.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation about contract costs still extant is a matter of commercial confidentiality which it would not be proper to disclose. The details of contracts with management consultants on which work is currently in progress are as follows:
Directly addressed items reach caseworkers the same day. At the Liverpool nationality office letters are opened and passed to caseworkers within 24 hours.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of applicants for naturalisation, registration or immigration die before a decision is made on their case.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThis information is not available.
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§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long it takes for 100 letters to be opened at Lunar house and the nationality department at Liverpool.
§ Mr. Peter LloydOn average it takes each of the 20 staff in the Lunar house post room engaged on this work five minutes to open, date, stamp, check contents, identify any omissions, remove any valuables, prepare acknowledgement and route one item to its next destination. No information is available for correspondence opening averages in the Liverpool nationality office.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of naturalisation, registration or immigration can be dealt with concurrently within the same office.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIt is not possible to provide any such estimate.
§ 1990. Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of letters received at Lunar house, Croydon, and the nationality department at Liverpool on the first day of each month for(a) 1988, (b) 1989 and (c)
§ Mr. Peler LloydFollowing is the information:
Letters received and opened in IND post room, Lunar house 1988 1989 1990 January 11,716 1,394 1,496 February 11,846 1,577 1,846 March 11,964 1,647 1,532 April 1,357 1,783 1,489 May 1,198 1,688 1,549 June 1,586 1,395 1,577 July 1,326 1,310 1,528 August 1,662 1,661 — September 1,372 1,711 — October 1,957 1,999 — November 2,099 2,057 — December 1,398 1,464 — 1 These figures do not include an estimated 14,044 applications received in the first quarter of 1988 which, because of the then backlog were not counted on a daily basis. Notes:
The table does not include letters addressed to individuals, rooms or groups which currently average 1,400 per day. These are not opened in the post room but redirected on receipt to the addressee.
The information requested is not available in respect of the Liverpool nationality office.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the percentage of all cases where the applicant for naturalisation, immigration or registration is between the ages of one and five years, and every interval of five years through 80 years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe only readily available information relates to applicants for citizenship whose dates of birth are recorded on the nationality division computer. The number of applicants for citizenship in each age band, expressed as a percentage of the number of outstanding citizenship applications is as follows:
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Age band years percentage 1 to 5 2.3 6 to 10 3.9 11 to 15 4.9 16 to 20 6.2
Age band years percentage 21 to 25 8.0 26 to 30 14.2 31 to 35 17.1 36 to 40 14.2 41 to 45 10.0 46 to 50 6.1 51 to 55 4.5 56 to 60 3.3 61 to 65 2.4 66 to 70 1.5 71 to 75 0.6 76 to 80 0.3
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding immigration applications there are at Lunar house; what time savings in dealing with applications from(a) students, (b) family members in the United Kingdom applying for variation of stay, (c) settlement entry clearance applications referred from overseas posts and (d) asylum-seekers have been achieved by the 1988 changes in procedures and practice; and what are the average times applicants in each category might expect to wait before a decision.
§ Mr. Peter LloydAt the end of March 1990, there were about 28,000 cases in the immigration caseworking groups, including eastern European cases, and referred entry clearance applications, the majority of which were under consideration or the subject of further inquiries and about 16,300 cases in the refugee unit.
A number of changes in procedure and practice have been introduced over the last two years in order to reduce the level of outstanding applications and reduce the time taken to process them. Information on administrative time savings as a result of these changes is not available in the form requested.
The estimated average length of time between the receipt of an application and the decision, for cases decided in caseworking groups and the public inquiry offices, in the first quarter of 1990 was two and a half months for students and nine and a half months for refugee status. Information on average waiting times for family members in the United Kingdom for variation of leave and for settlement entry clearance applications referred from overseas posts is not available.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received from hon. Members during each quarter of 1989 and the first quarter of 1990 to delay the removal of passengers refused entry at British ports of entry; and, for each period, how many representations resulted in (i) the delay of the passenger's removal for up to a week, (ii) the delay of the passenger's removal for more than a week and (iii) reversal of the immigration officer's decision.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to a question from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) on 12 March at column16.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for(a) single entry and (b) multiple entry visit visas were (i) received, (ii) granted, (iii) refused initially and (iv) granted at appeal at each post in the Indian sub-continent, Ghana, Nigeria, Turkey and Jamaica in each quarter of 1989 and the first 125W quarter of 1990; and what was the delay between application and interview for those whose applications were felt to need a second or long interview at each of the above posts in (1) June 1989, (2) January 1990 and (3) June 1990 or the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation on applications in Jamaica for a visit entry clearance, and separate information on applications in the other countries for single entry and multiple entry visit visas, are not available centrally. The other information requested is given in the tables.
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Table 1—persons applying for a visit visa to the United Kingdom Number of persons Applications Of which: New received1 Granted Granted on appeal Refused initially DHAKA 1989 1st quarter 2,130 1,590 4— 420 2nd quarter 3,230 2,490 4— 610 3rd quarter 3,460 2,720 4— 650 4th quarter 2,500 1,660 4— 700 Year 11,330 8,450 4— 2,390 1990 1st quarter 2,260 1,500 4— 620 NEW DELHI 1989 1st quarter 8,160 6,700 30 1,040 2nd quarter 17,010 14,770 50 1,620 3rd quarter 12,780 9,450 50 1,580 4th quarter 7,660 6,130 30 1,100 Year 45,620 36,960 150 5,350 1990 1st quarter 8,980 6,990 40 1,420 BOMBAY 1989 1st quarter 7,290 6,850 10 460 2nd quarter 18,050 17,070 10 830 3rd quarter 10,030 8,970 20 660 4th quarter 5,660 4,970 20 520 Year 41,030 37,860 50 2,470 1990 1st quarter 7,990 7,420 20 800 CALCUTTA 1989 1st quarter 1,110 1,090 5— 20 2nd quarter 3,360 3,290 5— 40 3rd quarter 2,470 2,420 4— 50 4th quarter 850 820 4— 30 Year 7,780 7,620 5— 140 1990 1st quarter 1,160 1,110 5— 30 MADRAS 1989 1st quarter 1,830 1,780 4— 30 2nd quarter 4,100 4,080 4— 30 3rd quarter 2,860 2,830 5— 40 4th quarter 1,320 1,270 4— 40 Year 10,120 9,960 5— 140
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Applications Of which: New received1 Granted Granted on appeal Refused initially 1990 1st quarter 1,930 1,900 5— 40 ISLAMABAD 1989 1st quarter 6,130 4,700 10 1,240 2nd quarter 11,630 10,360 40 1,770 3rd quarter 11,700 9,180 60 2,190 4th quarter 6,970 4,730 60 1,660 Year 36,420 28,970 170 6,860 1990 1st quarter 7,770 5,100 70 1,440 KARACHI 1989 1st quarter 4,200 3,570 5— 480 2nd quarter 9,680 8,710 5— 700 3rd quarter 7,840 6,870 4— 790 4th quarter 4,810 3,970 10 660 Year 26,530 23,120 10 2,630 1990 1st quarter 4,510 3,690 10 680 ACCRA 1989 1st quarter 2,390 1,930 5— 270 2nd quarter 3,760 3,150 5— 460 3rd quarter 4,390 3,960 10 340 4th quarter 2,850 2,230 5— 290 Year 13,380 11,270 10 1,370 1990 1st quarter 2,790 2,190 10 600 LAGOS 1989 1st quarter 9,190 6,240 4— 1,410 2nd quarter 15,980 10,930 4— 2,180 3rd quarter 18,290 12,090 5— 2,070 4th quarter 10,760 7,200 4— 1,640 Year 54,220 36,460 5— 7,290 1990 1st quarter 10,380 7,190 5— 1,910 KADUNA 1989 1st quarter 1,070 880 4— 140 2nd quarter 2,060 1,760 5— 210 3rd quarter 2,070 1,650 4— 250 4th quarter 1,640 1,350 4— 220 Year 6,840 5,360 5— 830 1990 1st quarter 1,650 1,360 4— 310 ANKARA 1989 3rd quarter2 3,080 2,820 4— 230 4th quarter 2,450 2,150 4— 250 Year 6— 6— 6— 6—
Applications Of which: Newly received1 Granted Granted on appeal Refused initially 1990 1st quarter 6— 6— 6— 6— ISTANBUL 1989 3rd quarter2 7,710 7,470 4— 70 4th quarter 36,000 35,800 4— 70 Year 6— 6— 6— 6— 1990 1st quarter 35,200 35,000 4— 60 1 Including applications subsequently withdrawn. 2 Including period 23 to 30 June 1989; corresponding data are not available prior to 23 June 1989, when the visa requirement was introduced. 3 Estimated. 4 Nil. 5 Five or fewer. 6 Not available centrally.
Table 2: Waiting time for persons applying for a visit visa who required a lengthy interview Number of days Post Waiting time for person interviewed at end of period June 1989 January 1990 May 1990 Dhaka 6— 6— 6— New Delhi 6— 6— 6— Bombay 6— 6— 6— Calcutta 6— 6— 6— Madras 6— or 1 1 6— Islamabad 7 10 10 Karachi 6— 6— 6— Accra 7— 351 42 Lagos 1 11 7— Kaduna 6— 61— 63— Ankara 94 10 15 Istanbul 94 16 2 1 At end December 1989 2 At end June 1990 3 At end March 1990 4 At end July 1989 5 At end February 1990 6— same day. 7— not available centrally
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding applications there were at Lunar house and the nationality department at Liverpool in each month of 1990.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his earlier question on 25 June at column36. The nationality figures in that reply include applications outstanding at Liverpool.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of(a) Jamaica, (b) Turkey, (c) Morocco, (d) the United States of America, (e) Australia, (f) Malaysia, (g) Hong Kong, (h) Guyana, (i) Trinidad, (j) Colombia, (k) Algeria, (j) Barbados and (m) Tunisia were (i) granted and (ii) refused permission to enter the United Kingdom at ports of entry, in each quarter since January 1989 to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information is given in the table:
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Total passenger admissions and those refused leave to enter and removed by selected nationalities Numbers First Quarter Admissions Refused and removed 1989 Jamaica 6,230 236 Turkey 17,000 618 Morocco 3,520 253 United States of America 442,000 261 Australia 72,400 35 Malaysia 12,400 93 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 14,500 33 Guyana 1,080 11 Trinidad and Tobago 3,260 18 Colombia 3,320 116 Algeria 4,120 391 Barbados 1,490 6 Tunisia 1,870 50
Total passenger admissions and those refused leave to enter and removed by selected nationalities Numbers Second Quarter Admissions Refused and removed 1989 Jamaica 8,310 195 Turkey 16,900 1,082 Morocco 4,160 305 United States of America 787,000 280 Australia 129,000 40 Malaysia 16,800 261 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 14,600 45 Guyana 1,460 9 Trinidad and Tobago 4,200 16 Colombia 5,490 196 Algeria 4,560 543 Barbados 2,260 7 Tunisia 1,980 42
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Total passenger admissions and those refused leave to enter and removed by selected nationalities Number Third Quarter Admissions Refused and removed 1989 Jamaica 11,700 202 Turkey 20,800 286 Morocco 9,610 1,051 United States of America 877,000 337 Australia 154,000 38 Malaysia 25,800 141 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 28,200 49 Guyana 2,360 10 Trinidad and Tobago 6,410 24 Colombia 6,460 194 Algeria 8,380 1,198 Barbados 4,120 12 Tunisia 2,550 58
Total passenger admissions and those refused leave to enter and removed by selected nationalities Numbers Fourth quarter Admissions Refused and removed 1989 Jamaica 5,920 170 Turkey 15,600 122 Morocco 5,100 466 United States of America 569,000 270 Australia 95,600 33 Malaysia 17,200 123 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 12,600 51 Guyana 1,330 14 Trinidad and Tobago 3,670 18 Colombia 3,710 133 Algeria 4,570 961 Barbados 1,640 6 Tunisia 2,170 60
Total passenger admissions and those refused leave to enter and removed by selected nationalities Numbers Total Admissions Refused and removed 1989 Jamaica 32,200 803 Turkey 70,300 2,108 Morocco 22,400 2,075 United States of America 2,670,000 1,148 Australia 451,000 146 Malaysia 72,200 618 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 69,900 178 Guyana 6,230 44 Trinidad and Tobago 17,500 76 Colombia 19,000 639 Algeria 21,600 3,093 Barbados 9,510 31 Tunisia 8,570 210
First Quarter Admissions Refused and removed 1990 Jamaica 5,530 160 Turkey 16,800 82 Morocco 4,550 353 United States of America 506,000 313 Australia 80,000 45 Malaysia 13,600 107 Hong Kong (BDTCs and BN(O)s) 15,000 40 Guyana 1,080 15 Trinidad and Tobago 3,320 32 Colombia 3,300 130 Algeria 4,880 748 Barbados 1,300 6 Tunisia 2,030 81
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers during(a) 1988 and (b) 1989, by individual prison establishment; what was the average daily population of persons so detained in each of those years; what was the average length of time spent in detention by persons so detained in each of those years; and whether he will give a breakdown by nationality of persons so detained for each of those years.
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§ Mr. MellorInformation about detainees received into prison service establishments in England and Wales under the Immigration Act 1971 in 1988 is given by establishment and nationality in the tables. Similar information for 1989 is not yet available. The average period of detention completed by such persons in 1989 is provisionally estimated as nearly five weeks. The average population was 157 in 1989, including persons originally received for a criminal offence. The average population and the average length of detention of detainees in prison service establishments in 1988 were published in tables 1.1 and 6.6 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales" —Cm 825—a copy of which is in the Library.
Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into prison service establishments in England and Wales in 1988: by
establishment
Establishment 1Number Remand centers Ashford 1 Brockhill 2 Hull 2 Latchmere House 917 Low Newton 1 Manchester 1 Pucklechurch 3 Risley 25 Winchester 1 Local prisons Bedford 8 Birmingham 33 Bristol 15 Brixton 16 Canterbury 28 Cardiff 4 Dorchester 4 Durham 21 Exeter 1 Gloucester 4 Holloway 19 Hull 18 Leeds 16 Leicester 56 Lewes 3 Lincoln 2 New Hall 1 Norwich 3 Oxford 4 Pentonville 31 Reading 4 Shrewsbury 4 Swansea 2 Winchester 9 All prison service establishments 1,259 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
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Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in 1988: by
nationality
Nationality Number1 Nigeria 268 Ghana 142 India 116 Turkey 111 Pakistan 61 Bangladesh 50 Sri Lanka 45 Algeria 35 Morocco 35 Iran 27
Nationality Number1 Jamaica 27 Iraq 17 Somalia 176 Lebanon 15 Cyprus 14 Malaysia 13 Uganda 12 Hong Kong 11 Colombia 10 Portugal 10 France 9 Sierra Leone 9 Brazil 8 Egypt 8 Yugoslavia 8 United States of America 7 Libya 6 China 5 Poland 5 Seychelles 5 Other nationalities2 114 Not recorded 40 All nationalities 1,259 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost 2 Where fewer than five were recorded
§ Mr. CorbynTo 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(a) 1988, (b) 1989 and (c) the first quarter of 1990.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe figures, excluding deportation cases who served a custodial sentence of seven days or less for whom the information is not readily available, are as follows:
Persons 1988 11 1989 16 11990 2 1 First quarter.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were recommended for deportation with no custodial sentence during 1989 and the first quarter of 1990; and in how many such cases the courts directed release(a) subject to conditions and (b) without conditions.
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Total numbers of persons newly detained at each location during the month shown Month Harmondsworth detention center Queen's building Beehive Haslar January 1989 252 219 255 — February 1989 214 210 229 — March 1989 215 235 137 — April 1989 191 225 280 — May 1989 234 244 308 — June 1989 180 185 223 — July 1989 174 202 195 117 August 1989 261 220 258 72 September 1989 351 229 241 78 October 1989 434 196 264 78 November 1989 485 205 196 81 December 1989 428 204 236 95 January 1990 420 175 224 68 February 1990 272 178 131 86 March 1990 492 225 211 77
§ Mr. Peter LloydDuring 1989, a total of 86 persons were recommended for deportation by the courts with no custodial sentence and a total of 13 persons during the first quarter of 1990. The other information requested is no longer collected centrally and is not readily available.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons detained under Immigration Act powers applied to his Department to be allowed to depart voluntarily under the supervised departure provisions of the immigration rules in each quarter since January 1989.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe readily available information on the numbers of persons removed under the supervised departure procedures for 1989 is published in table 14 of the statistical bulletin issue 8/90 "Control of Immigration: Statistics—Fourth Quarter and Year 1989" and more recently in table 18 of the Home Office Command Paper "Control of Immigration Statistics United Kingdom 1989"—Cm. 1124—copies of both of which are in the Library. The available information for 1990 is given in the table. Most of these persons would have been detained prior to departure. A number would have been subject to restrictions as an alternative to detention but such cases could be separately identified only at disproportionate cost.
Number of persons removed under the supervised departure procedures by category of case in the first quarter of 1990 Period Breach of conditions of leave to enter or remain (Section 3(5)a) Following court recommendation (Section 3(6)) Total number of persons 19901 309 3 312 1 First quarter.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were (i) the total numbers detained and (ii) the average occupancy in(a) Harmondsworth detention centre, (b) the Harmondsworth annex, (c) Queen's building, (d) the Beehive, Gatwick, and (e) Her Majesty's prison, Haslar, for each month from January 1989 to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is as follows:
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Month Harmondsworth detention centre Queen's building Beehive Haslar April 1990 359 150 135 56 May 1990 358 155 97 78 Notes:
(i) Some persons may have been detained at more than one location within the same month.
(ii) Harmondsworth detention centre figures relate to both buildings DA and annex JA.
(iii) HMP Haslar was used for immigration detention purposes from 28 June 1989.
Average occupancy figures Harmondsworth building DA JA Annex Queen's building Gatwick Beehive Haslar January 1989 63 29 15 15 — February 1989 63 30 15 14 — March 1989 60 30 15 14 — April 1989 64 29 15 14 — May 1989 64 30 14 15 — June 1989 65 30 15 16 — July 1989 65 30 15 14 75 August 1989 63 30 14 13 87 September 1989 64 29 15 14 90 October 1989 55 29 14 13 71 November 1989 51 28 14 12 72 December 1989 54 28 13 14 81 January 1990 50 26 13 13 63 February 1990 55 26 13 9 76 March 1990 48 25 14 12 79 April 1990 55 25 12 9 82 May 1990 57 25 10 11 87 Note: HMP Haslar was used for immigration detention purposes from 28 June 1989.