HC Deb 29 June 1994 vol 245 c620W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many different individuals have been detained under the Immigration Act powers during the most recent 12-month period; and how many of them were(a) asylum seekers and (b) others.

Mr. Charles Wardle

In 1993, 10,530 people were detained overnight or longer under powers contained in the Immigration Act 1971

These records do not distinguish between asylum seekers and others.

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