HC Deb 14 July 1992 vol 211 cc539-40W
Sir John Wheeler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to publish information pursuant to section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

Passenger admissions and persons refused leave to enter and removed, for selected nationalities
1st quarter 1991 2nd quarter 1991 3rd quarter 1991 4th quarter 1991 Year 1991 1st quarter 1992
Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions1 Refused and removed
Jamaica 4,700 102 6,640 102 9,220 90 5,470 98 26,000 392 4,700 100
Turkey 13,800 80 18,700 86 24,200 75 17,400 85 74,100 326 13,900 57
Morocco 2,720 36 3,790 47 6,640 92 3,890 59 17,000 234 3,150 21
USA 341,000 286 670,000 270 778,000 315 555,000 291 2,340,000 1,162 475,000 228
Australia 71,500 74 118,000 59 136,000 68 93,400 49 419,000 250 64,000 65
Malaysia 11,400 126 20,700 375 29,200 157 21,000 140 82,200 798 11,300 70

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Under section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 I am required to publish each year information to enable those engaged in the administration of criminal justice to become aware of the financial implications of their decisions, and to assist them in the performance of their duty to avoid discrimination on the grounds of race, sex or any other improper ground.

To fulfil this requirement, I propose to publish in mid-September information on race and gender. In mid-October I propose to publish a third set of information on finance. In all three cases this material will be widely disseminated among the judiciary, stipendiary and lay benches and lawyers; and to members of the Crown prosecution service and magistrates courts, police and probation services.

I shall place copies of each of these publications in the Library.

The publications this year will provide broad brush information in respect of race, gender and finance issues. As required by section 95 of the Act, I will publish further material on these subjects on an annual basis. In the light of comments from the recipients of this year's information, and of improvements in our own monitoring arrangements, future publications will add more detail.