§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (1) entry clearance and (2) leave to remain as working holidaymakers have been(a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused to citizens of (i) India, (ii) Bangladesh, (iii) Pakistan, (iv) Australia, (v) Canada, (vi) Ghana, (vii) Nigeria and (viii) Malaysia during 1993 and 1994 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under Immigration Act powers (1) overnight, (2) between one night and one month and (3) for a period of more than one month in(a) Harmondsworth detention centre, (b) the Queen's building, Heathrow, (c) terminal 4, Heathrow, (d) the Beehive, Gatwick, (e) Haslar holding centre, (f) Her Majesty's prison Pentonville, (g) Campsfield house detention centre and (h) other establishments, by name, during (1) 1993 and (2) 1994 to the latest convenient date; and how many of these people in each category were (i) women, (ii) children under 18 years and (iii) men.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information is given in the table. The other information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Persons detained overnight or longer at certain locations1 Location, length of stay, type of detainee 1993 19944 Harmondsworth2 345 206 Queen's Building, Heathrow 1,321 438 Haslar 432 252 Terminal 4, Heathrow3: Ovemight: Men 688 —
Location, length of stay, type of detainee 1993 19944 Women 515 — Children under 18 years 16 — 1,219 — More than one night, less than one month: Men 7 — Women 21 — Children under 18 years — — 28 — One month or more — — The Beehive, Gatwick: Ovenight: Men 1,279 366 Women 335 47 Children under 18 years 25 4 1,639 417 More than one night, less than one month: Men 1,344 1,019 Women 435 318 Children under 18 years 33 32 1,812 1,369 One month or more — — Campsfield House, Kidlington Overnight: Men 26 11 Women 3 5 Children under 18 years 1 — 30 16 More than one night, less than one month: Men 95 175 Women 15 39 Children under 18 years 3 2 113 216 One month or more: Men 64 262 Women 16 56 Children under 18 years 1 1 81 319 Stansted: Overnight: Men 186 84 Women 66 16 Children under 18 years 2 3 More than one night, less than one month: Men 279 159 Women 76 22 Children under 18 years 3 — One month or more — — 1 Unless otherwise stated, the data include persons detained initially elsewhere prior to being detained at the location given. 2 Data mainly exclude persons detained initially elsewhere, and exclude illegal entrants and deportees detained. 3 Not used for overnight detention after 22 October 1993. 4 January to June 1994.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into prison department establishments under Immigration Act powers during(a) 1993 and (b) 1994 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 if 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 Wales272W under the Immigration Act 1971 is given in table 1 for 1993 and for January to May 1994. The number is shown by the establishment of initial reception.
The average population in 1993, including persons originally received for a criminal offence, was 431. The average for January to May 1994 is 510. A breakdown of receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality is given for 1993 and for January to May 1994 in table 2.
The average period of detention for detainees released in 1993 and in January to May 1994 is provisionally estimated at 12 weeks and 15 weeks respectively.
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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 1993 and January-May 1994 Number of Persons12 Establishment 1993 1994 Remand Centres Blakenhurst 41 32 Brinsford 5 6 Dorchester 19 2 Exeter 9 8 Feltham 49 4 Glen Parva 1 1 Haslar 475 188 Low Newton 2 — Moorland 6 — Lancaster Farms — 1 Local Prisons Bedford 23 — Belmarsh 38 7 Birmingham 189 84 Bristol 22 8 Brixton 36 22 Bullingdon 1 2 Canterbury 130 46 Cardiff 6 1 Chelmsford 17 — Dover 35 25 Durham 9 2 Elmley 25 15 Gloucester 8 3 Highdown 56 20 Hindley 1 — Holloway 59 17 Holme House 10 5 Hull 30 6 Leeds 15 6 Leicester 41 — Lewes 33 — Lincoln 12 — Liverpool 14 14 Manchester 8 17 Norwich 30 16 New Hall 2 — Pentonville 204 42 Preston 3 — Pucklechurch 3 — Reading 5 3 Risley 2 2 Rochester 13 4 Shrewsbury 5 6 Swansea 6 7 Wandsworth 8 8 Winchester 9 6 Wolds 7 1 Wood Hill 9 — Wormwood Scrubs 26 11 Establishment not recorded 2 2 Nationality not recorded/other 26 11 All Establishments 1,785 661 1 The 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 Receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality, 1993 to May 1994 Number of persons12 Nationality 1993 1 January to 31 May 1994 Afghanistan 5 — Albania 4 3 Algeria 105 49 Angola 39 6 Anguilla 1 1 Armenia 1 — Ascensioni Island 3 — Austria 1 — Australia 2 — Bahrain 1 — Bangladesh 36 15 Barbados — 1 Belgium 1 1 Brazil 3 1 Bulgaria 3 — Cameroon, United Republic of 4 1 Canada 2 2 Central African Republic 2 — Chad 1 — Chile 1 — China 18 6 Colombia 17 3 Congo 4 — Cyprus 9 3 Czechoslovakia — 1 Denmark — 1 Dominica 2 1 Djibouti 1 1 Egypt 12 2 Ethiopia 5 4 Equador 2 — France 19 2 Gambia 4 2 Germany 3 1 Ghana 119 55 Grenada 1 — Guinea 2 — Guinea-Bissau 1 — Guyana 3 1 Haiti — 1 Hong Kong 13 2 Hungary 1 — India 332 130 Indonesia 2 — Iran 6 1 Irish Republic 5 2 Indian Ocean Territories 1 — Israel 6 1 Iraq 2 1 Italy 5 — Ivory Coast 16 10 Jamaica 67 18 Japan — 1 Jordan 1 1 Kenya 18 6 Kuwait 1 — Lebanon 11 2 Liberia 11 7 Libya 14 2 Malaysia 9 1 Mali — 2 Morocco 26 7 Mauritania 1 — Mauritius 3 1 Malawi 1 — Mexico 1 — Mozambique — 2 Netherlands — 5 Netherland Antillies — 1
Number of persons12 Nationality 1993 1 January to 31 May 1994 Nepal 1 3 Nicaragua 2 — Niger 5 2 Nigeria 254 87 Pakistan 87 37 Peru 7 — Philippines 3 — Poland 12 5 Portugal 3 3 Romania 73 10 Russia 10 4 Saudi Arabia 1 — Senegal 1 — Singapore 1 — Sierre Leone 26 4 Slovakia — 1 Somalia 22 5 South Africa 9 4 Spain 3 — Sri Lanka 24 13 St. Lucia 2 — Sudan 4 3 Syrian Arab Republic 1 — Switzerland 2 — Tanzania 11 4 Togo — 1 Thailand — 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 — Tunisia 4 3 Turkey 117 54 Uganda 12 — United Arab Emirates 4 — United States of America 9 2 Yemen, Arab Republic (North) 2 — Yemen, Peoples Democratic Republic (South) 2 — Yugoslavia 9 6 Zambia 3 3 Zaire 39 26 Zimbabwe 2 2 Nationality not recorded/other 27 11 All 1,785 661 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Provisional figures.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 26 May,Official Report, column 253, how many of the 29 entry clearance applications were successful, how many refused, and how many of those decisions were appealed against;
(2) pursuant to his answer of 26 May, Official Report, column 253, of the 29 entry clearance applications, what is the longest period of time which it has taken for the application to be determined from date of application to notification to the application of decision; what was the average length of time of decision making; and what was the shortest period of time within which a decision was reached.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThis information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 26 May,Official Report, column 254, what was the nationality of the citizens of the Union and the third-country national 275W spouses of the 39 applicants for residence documents who were interviewed in respect of their applications in 1993 and 1994;
(2) pursuant to his answer of 26 May, Official Report, column 254, how many of the 39 applications made between 1993 and 1994 for residence documents, in which an interview was carried out, applications were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) were otherwise disposed; and in what way they were so disposed of.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 18 July,Official Report, columns 36–38.