§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been deported under escort in 1991, 1992 and 1993; how many of these were arrested and/or deported under any kind of physical restraint; how many cases involved private security guards; how many had been previously found guilty of a criminal offence; and what was the cost of these operations.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The numbers of deportation orders enforced and the numbers of those enforced following a court recommendation on conviction of a criminal offence were as follows:
1991 1992 199312 Total 641 873 544 Following a court recommendation 385 474 259 1 Provisional 2 First six months