HC Deb 19 April 1994 vol 241 cc454-6W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown of asylum seekers held in detention on 21 March(a) by nationality, (b) by gender, (c) by length of detention, (d) by place of detention and (e) by immigration status at the time of application.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The information requested on the number of asylum seekers detained on 21 March is not available. The information available relates to people detained under Immigration Act powers on 15 April, who had applied for asylum at some stage and is as follows:

Number
(a) Nationality
Algeria 51
Albania 1
Angola 15
Bangladesh 7
Brazil 1
Cameroon 1
China 7
Columbia 7
Congo 1
Cyprus 3
Djibouti 1
Egypt 3
Eritrea 1
Ethiopia 12
Ecuador 1
Number
Guinea Bissau 1
Ghana 78
Haiti 1
India 141
Iran 2
Iraq 3
Israel 1
Ivory Coast 16
Jamaica 1
Kenya 19
Liberia 3
Libya 3
Malawi 1
Nationality Doubtful 4
Morocco 1
Niger 4
Nigeria 88
Pakistan 21
Peru 1
Philippines 1
Poland 2
Romania 13
Russia 3
Sierra Leone 8
Singapore 1
Sri Lanka 25
Slovenia 2
Somalia 3
South Africa 3
Sudan 1
Tanzania 1
Togo 2
Turkey 49
Uganda 7
United States of America 1
Zaire 26
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Total 651
Number
(b) By gender
Males 608
Females 43
Total 651
Number
(c) By length of detention
Over 12 months 114
6 to 12 months 131
2 to 6 months 1188
1 to 2 months 153
Under 1 month 183
Total 1369
1 These figures do not include the 282 illegal entrants detained, for whom no breakdown as to length of detention is readily available.
(d) By place of detention
Immigration Service Number
Campsfield House 136
Harmondsworth 87
Gatwick Beehive 12
Queens Building 13
Stansted 6
Port Detention 8
Newhaven 3
Prison Service Number
Bedford 1
Belmarsh 1
Blakenhurst 21
Brinsford RC 4
Bristol 1
Bullingdon 1
Brixton 5
Canterbury 22
Camp Hill 1
Cardiff 1
Chelmsford 1
Dorchester 1
Dover 13
Dumfries 5
Durham 1
Elmley 1
Exeter 4
Feltham 5
Gateshead 2
Glen Parva 2
Gloucester 3
Greenock 2
Haslar1 82
High Down 14
Holloway 2
Hull 2
Leeds 1
Leicester 1
Lewes 2
Norwich 5
Pentonville 13
Reading 2
Risley 2
Rochester 1
Saughton 1
Shrewsbury 3
Strangeways 3
Walton 2
Wandsworth 2
Wellingborough 1
Winchester 5
Winson Green 29
Wormwood Scrubs 4
Police Cells 111
Total 651
1 Haslar holding centre is primarily an Immigration Service detention centre, although managed by the Prison Service.
(e) By immigration status at the time of application
Application made at port following arrival in the United Kingdom Illegal Entrants Subject to deportation action
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