§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers held in detention of 13 June by(a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) length of detention, (d) place of detention and (e) immigration status at the time of application.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information available relates to people detained under Immigration Act powers on 22 June, who had applied for asylum at some stage. It is set out in the table:
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(a) Nationality Numbers Algeria 57 Angola 12 Azerbaizhan 1 Bangladesh 8 Bulgaria 1 Cameroon 2 China 3 Colombia 6 Cyprus 7 Djibouti 1 Egypt 4 Ethiopia 4 Ghana 62 India 117 Iran 1 Iraq 3 Israel 2 Ivory Coast 12 Jamaica 1 Kenya 7 Lebanon 1 Liberia 8 Libya 2 Morocco 3 Mozambique 1 Nationality doubtful 5 Nepalese 2 Niger 5 Nigeria 99 Pakistan 13 Peru 1 Poland 5 Romania 10 Russia 2 Sudan 4 Sierra Leone 11 Singapore 1 Slovakia 9 Somalia 6 South Africa 4 Sri Lanka 25 Tanzania 2 Thailand 1 Togo 3 Tunisia 1 Turkey 36 Uganda 3 Ukraine 1 Yugoslavia (former) 3 Zaire 28 TOTAL 606
(B) By gender Number Males 565 Females 41 Total 606
(C) By length of detention Number Over 12 months 18 6–12 months 101 2–6 months 318 1–2 months 68 Under 1 month 101 Total 606
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(D) By place of detention Number Immigration Service Campsfield House 135 Harmondsworth 94 Gatwick Beehive 8 Queens Building 11 Stansted 7 Port Detention 7 Newhaven 6 Prison Service Aberdeen 1 Belmarsh 4 Blakenhurst 8 Brinsford R C 4 Bristol 4 Bullingdon 1 Brixton 3 Canterbury 31 Cardiff 1 Chelmsford 4 Dover 23 Durham 2 Elmley 1 Erlestoke 3 Exeter 5 Feltham 4 Glen Parva 1 Gloucester 1 Greenock 8 Haslar 1 93 High Down 11 Holloway 3 Hull 4 Leeds 4 Lewes 3 Liverpool 3 Norwich 5 Pentonville 18 Reading 1 Risley 1 Rochester 1 Shrewsbury 1 Strangeways 9 Swaleside 1 Swansea 1 Wandsworth 7 Winchester 8 Winson Green 38 The Wolds 1 Wormwood Scrubs 6 Police Cells 10 TOTAL 606 1Haslar 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 Post following arrival in the United Kingdom Illegal entrants Subject to deportation action 303 258 45
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers and other immigration detainees were being held in police stations during each of the past three months.
§ Mr. Charles WardleOn 22 June, 10 people who had at some stage claimed asylum were detained in police cells under Immigration Act powers. Historical information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.