§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum seekers have been detained under the Immigration Act 1971 since(a) 26 July 1993 and (b) 1 January;
(2) if he will provide a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers currently held in detention by (a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) length of detention, (d) place of detention and (e) immigration status at the time of application.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerAt 18 November 1994, a total of 654 people who had sought asylum were detained. This figure includes people awaiting the setting of directions for removal following refusal of the application, as well as those whose application was under consideration or subject to appeal. Of this figure, 167 had been in detention less than one month, 125 between one and two months, 233 between two and six months and 129 had been in detention longer than six months.
Information on the gender, immigration status, nationality and location of detention is given in tables A, B and C. Information on the numbers who have been detained since 26 July 1993 and 1 January is not available.
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Table A Number of people detained on 18 November 1994, who had sought asylum, by immigration status and gender Immigration Status Male Female Total Port case 281 24 305 Illegal entrant case 276 8 284 Deportation case 55 10 65 Total 612 42 654 161W
Table B Number of people detained as at 18 November 1994 who had sought asylum, by nationality Number detained Afghanistan 1 Albania 6 Algeria 74 Angola 11 Bangladesh 20 Bulgaria 1 Cameroon 2 Chad 1 China 10 Colombia 8 Cyprus (TRNC) 19 Dominica 1 Egypt 3 Eritrea 1 Estonia 1 Ethiopia 5 Gambia 3 Ghana 56 Hong Kong 1 India 87 Iran 4 Iraq 5 Israel 2 Ivory Coast 10 Jamaica 5 Kenya 6 Lebanon 2 Liberia 5 Libya 6 Malawi 1 Malaysia 1 Mauritius 5 Morocco 7 Mozambique 1 Nigeria 117 Pakistan 28 Peru 1 Philippines 2 Romanian 5 Russia 2 Rwanda 1 Sierra Leone 13 Slovenia 1 South Africa 6 Sri Lanka 13 Sudan 3 Tanzania 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Tunisia 3 Turkey 49 Uganda 5 Former Yugoslavia 6 Zaire 22 Zimbabwe 1 Nationality doubtful 3 Total 654
Table C Number of people detained as at 18 November 1994, who had sought asylum, by location of detention Number Detained Immigration service establishment Campsfield House 154 Gatwick Beehive 16 Harmondsworth 90 Manchester airport detention suite 8 Queens building 25 Stansted 8 Newhaven 11 Dover Harbour Board 8 Glasgow 1 Prison service establishment Armley 14 Birmingham 40 Brinsford 6 Bristol 2 Brixton 4 Bullingdon 3 Canterbury 1 Cardiff 1 Chemlsford 3 Crumlin Rd. 2 Dorchester 1 Durham 1 Elmley 8 Erlestoke House 1 Exeter 2 Feltham YC centre 2 Greenock Harwich 2 Haslar 74 Highdown 5 Hindley remand centre 1 Holloway 1 Leicester 1 Lewes 1 Liverpool 1 Norwich 3 Pentonville 5 Risley 1 Rochester 60 Saughton 1 Shrewsbury 1 Strangeways 6 The Mount 1 Wandsworth 7 Winchester 7 Winson Green 1 Wolds remand prison 3 Wormwoods scrubs 4 Police cells 55 Total 654
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost per week of detaining an asylum seeker under the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe available information does not identify separately those detention costs which relate to asylum seekers. However, for the year ended 31 March 1994 the average weekly cost of accommodating all categories of detainee in detention accommodation for which the Immigration Service is responsible was estimated at just over £800 per detainee.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum seekers detained162W under the Immigration Act 1971 have been released from detention as a result of an application to the courts for habeas corpus (a) in the past five years and (b) since 26 July 1993;
(2) how many asylum seekers detained under the Immigration Act 1971 have been released from detention as a result of an application to the High Court for bail (a) in the past five years and (b) since 26 July 1993.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerInformation on the number of asylum seekers released from detention on bail as a result of an application to the High Court or as a result of an application for habeas corpus, is not separately identifiable in the statistics.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers granted temporary admission to the United Kingdom while their asylum claim is examined by the Home Office have subsequently absconded or otherwise failed to comply with the terms of temporary admission(a) in the past five years and (b) since 1 January.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe information requested is not available.