§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arriving persons at United Kingdom points of entry have been allowed to go to temporary addresses while their cases have been considered in each of the last five years and the current year to date; and in each year how many have absconded.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information available is given in the table.
Number of Passengers at United Kingdom ports of entry Passengers granted temporary admission Passengers who absconded1 1988 8,692 401 1989 13,744 475 1990 15,357 561 1991 13,220 601 21992 13,786 445 1 These figures include passengers who abscond from the control area or from detention as well as those who abscond from temporary admission. Data on the latter are not separately available. 2 January to October. 4W
Number1 of applications for asylum in certain member states of the European Community, by year of application, 1980 to 1991 Thousands 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 19912 Belgium 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.9 3.7 5.3 7.7 6.0 5.1 8.1 13.0 15.2 Denmark 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 4.3 8.7 9.3 2.1 4.7 4.6 5.3 4.6 France 18.8 19.8 22.5 22.3 15.9 25.8 23.4 24.8 31.0 60.0 56.0 46.3 The range of community sentences available to the courts is expanded and strengthened by the Act; a probation order becomes for the first time a sentence of the court and a court may now impose a combination order involving both probation and community service.
National standards have also been introduced from 1 October to strengthen the effectiveness and consistency of supervision in the community by probation and social services, and to assure courts and the public as to the quality of that work. Central Government funding for the probation service has increased by over 25 per cent since 1990–91.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sentenced offenders aged(a) under 21 years, (b) under 18 years and (c) under 17 years were held in prison service establishments at the end of September, October and November and on the most recent available date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe latest readily available information is given in the table:
§ Mr. Peter ShoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of(a) immigrants and (b) refugees that have entered the United Kingdom and other EC member states in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation on persons accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom in the years 1979–91 is given in tables 18 and 9 respectively of the 1987 and 1991 volumes of the annual Home Office Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom"— Cm 415 and Cm 2063. These figures are of persons subject to immigration control who are granted indefinite leave to remain here. Comparable information for other EC countries is not available.
Information on the number of applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom in the years 1979–91 is given in tables 1 and 1.2 respectively of Home Office Statistical Bulletins "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom 1989" and "Asylum Statistics, United Kingdom 1990–91" —issues 22/90 and 12/92. Available information on asylum applications to other EC member states is given in the table.
Copies of these publications are in the Library.
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 19912 Germany 107.8 49.4 37.2 19.7 35.3 73.9 99.7 57.4 103.0 121.0 193.0 256.1 Greece 4— 4— 4— 0.5 0.8 1.4 4.3 6.3 9.3 6.5 4.1 4— Italy 4— 4— 4— 3.1 4.5 5.4 6.5 11.0 1.3 2.2 4.7 27.0 Netherlands 1.3 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.6 5.7 5.9 14.0 7.5 14.0 21.2 21.6 Portugal 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 4— Spain 4— 4— 4— 1.4 1.1 2.3 2.8 3.7 4.5 4.0 8.6 8.0 United Kingdom3 2.4 2.4 4.2 4.3 4.2 6.2 5.7 5.9 5.7 16.8 30.3 44.8 1 Figures include dependants except for the United Kingdom 1991 figure which excludes. 2 Figures are provisional. 3 The 1990 figure for the United Kingdom is likely to understate. 4 Not available.