HC Deb 01 March 1995 vol 255 cc578-9W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask Secretary of state for the Home Department if he will publish a list of airlines which have been charged under the provisions of the Immigration (Carrier's Liability) Act 1987, stating the number of passengers involved, the amount of charges paid and the amount of charges unpaid for each of the past five years.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

I am unable, for reasons of commercial confidentiality, to provide details of the charges incurred by individual carriers, and the numbers of passengers involved. The total value of charges paid and outstanding for each of the last five years were as follows:

£ million
Year Total charges paid in each year Total charges outstanding at the end of each year
1990 3.433 115.653
19912 7.581 19.440
1992 4.789 25.775
1993 11.500 22.003
1994 8.652 324.527

Notes:

1 Includes charges outstanding from previous years. Figures for 1990 and subsequent years are therefore cumulative.

2 Charge increased from £1,000 to £2,000 per improperly documented passenger on 1 August 1991.

3 Of this sum, £13.514 million is currently the subject of settlement discussions.