§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers406W during (a) 1992 and (b) 1993 to the latest convenient date, 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.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of detainees received into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales under the Immigration Act 1971 is given by establishment of initial reception in table 1 for the first half of 1992. Information for receptions for the second half of 1992 and for 1993 is not yet available.
The average population in 1992, including persons originally received for a criminal offence, was 227. The average for January to May in 1993 is 382. A breakdown of the prison population by nationality is given for June 1992 and May 1993 in table 2.
The average period of detention for detainees released in the first half of 1992 is provisionally estimated as nearly 12 weeks. No later information for discharges is yet available.
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Table 1 Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales: by establishment 1 January to 30 June 1992 Establishment Number of persons1 2 Remand centres Brinsford 2 Dorchester 8 Exeter 1 Feltham 13 Glen Parva 1 Haslar 179 Low Newton 3 Moorland 1 Local prisons Bedford 3 Belmarsh 7 Birmingham 55 Bristol 8 Brixton 4 Bullingdon 4 Canterbury 14 Dorchester 9 Durham 2 Exeter 12 Elmley 1 Gloucester 3 Holloway 23 Hull 6 Leeds 13 Leicester 15 Lewis 8 Lincoln 5 Liverpool 4 Norwich 3 Pentonville 158 Preston 17 Pucklechurch 1 Shrewsbury 2 Winchester 2 Wormwood Scrubs 11 Closed training prisons Full Sutton 1 All establishments 599 1The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
2 Provisional figures.
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Table 2 Population of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1992 and 31 May 1993: by nationality Nationality Number of persons1 2 30 June 1992 31 May 1993 Afghanistan — 1 Algeria 8 15 Angola 7 13 Argentina — 1 Ascension Islands — 1 Australia 1 — Bangladesh 5 13 Belgium — 1 Brazil — 1 Canada 1 2 Cape Verde — 1 Central African Republic — 2 Chile 1 1 China 2 5 Colombia 1 3 Congo 1 — Cyprus 2 3 Egypt 1 3 Ecuador — 1 France 3 6 Gambia 1 1 Germany — 3 Ghana 7 28 Guyana 1 3 Hong Kong 1 1 Hungary 1 1 India 43 99 Indonesia — 1 Irish Republic 3 1 Israel 2 2 Italy — 1 Ivory Coast 1 4 Iran 2 2 Jamaica 10 20 Jordan — 1 Kenya 1 4 Lebanon 6 2 Liberia 3 5 Libya — 1 Malaysia 1 1 Morocco 3 3 Mauritius 1 1 Mexico — 1 Namibia 1 — Netherlands 2 1 Nepal 1 — New Zealand — 1 Nicaragua 1 1 Niger 1 — Nigeria 36 54 Pakistan 12 14 Peru — 3 Philippines 1 — Poland — 2 Portugal 1 — Romania — 9 Saudi Arabia 2 1 Sierra Leone 1 5 Somalia — 1 South Africa 2 1 Spain — 1 Sri Lanka 1 2 St. Lanka — 1 St. Vincent and Grenadines 1 — Sudan 1 2 Tanzania — 3 Trinidad and Tobago 1 — Turkey 9 24
Nationality Number of persons1 2 30 June 1992 31 May 1993 Uganda 1 2 United States of America 3 3 Vietnam 1 — Yugoslavia 1 1 Zambia 1 1 Zaire 25 17 Zimbabwe — 1 Nationality not recorded 42 30 Refusal 1 2 All establishments 268 441 1The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual case would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Provisional figures.