HC Deb 28 November 1995 vol 267 cc665-6W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what would be the cost to public funds of recording the dates on which visitors to the United Kingdom leave the country. [1990]

Mr. Kirkhope

We estimate the costs of establishing and running an information technology system capable of providing such data would be £66 million over 10 years. There would also be considerable additional Immigration Service staffing and other costs.

Mr. Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has made of the number of people who entered the United Kingdom on a visitor's visa since 1990 and have overstayed. [1991]

Mr. Kirkhope

As the hon. Member was informed in the replies given to his questions on 29 March 1994 at column612 and 15 April 1994 at column 312,

Average sentence length given for persons sentence to immediate custody for offences of trafficking in class B drugs by sex, type of court and type of offence, 1994
England and Wales
Average sentence lengths (months)
Type of offence Sex Magistrates' courts Crown court
Production or being concerned in the production of a controlled class B drug1 M 57.0
F
Supplying or offering to supply a controlled class B drug M 3.6 16.1
F 3.0 11.9
Having possession of a controlled class B drug with intent to supply M 3.5 14.7
F 1.5 10.3
comprehensive information on which an estimate could be based of the number of visitors who remain in the United Kingdom after the expiry of their leave is not available.