§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-United Kingdom(a) men and (b) women were deported from Britain, following the completion of their prison sentence in each of the last five years; and of those, how many were deported to (i) Nigeria, (ii) other West African countries, (iii) Colombia and (iv) Pakistan.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 23 November 1992]: The information available is given in the table. Data for men and women separately, and on the country to which the person is deported, are not available.
Persons removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process as a result of a court recommendation.1 Nationality of person 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Total 490 469 396 372 402 Of which: Nigeria 146 172 204 172 205 Ghana 67 39 40 23 16 Sierra Leone 2 1 1 1 1 Colombia 9 8 8 13 22 Pakistan 38 26 11 11 16 1 Under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1971.