HC Deb 27 January 1994 vol 236 cc331-3W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the name of the charter company retained by his Department to supply a flight to Kingston from Gatwick on 25 December.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Air Holland.

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children who arrived at Gatwick on 21 December on flight ULE966 were(a) refused entry to the United Kingdom, (b) given temporary admission pending further inquiry or (c) removed or deported from the United Kingdom; and how many are to be removed or deported from the United Kingdom.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Fourteen children aged 16 years or under who arrived on flight ULE966 were refused entry, one of whom was given temporary admission pending

further inquiries and refused entry on 2 January. Ten have been removed from the United Kingdom. Four are still liable to be removed, one of whom has absconded from temporary admission. The other three are the subject of further consideration.

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what decisions have been taken on applications to visit the United Kingdom by those passengers on flight ULE966 at Gatwick on 21 December who were given temporary admission pending their removal; how many(a) have been allowed to visit the United Kingdom, (b) have been refused a visit, (c) have had temporary admission extended, (d) are in detention and (e) have been or are to be deported.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The available information is as follows. Thirty-seven passengers on ULE966 were refused entry and granted temporary admission pending removal, of whom three were removed on 12 January and 24 left on 17 January. Ten others, none of whom is detained, remain liable for removal. Four of them had their temporary admission extended beyond 17 January pending further consideration of their cases and six have absconded from temporary admission.

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department against whom penalty payments are being sought, under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987, for passengers on a British Caledonian charter flight arriving at Gatwick on 14 December and flight ULE966 arriving at Gatwick on 21 December, who were refused entry to the United Kingdom; whether the liability in each case is being sought because the passengers had defective travel documentation; and what representations he has received against liability for such penalty payments.

Mr. Charles Wardle

No charges under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 were levied in respect of either flight.