§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were detained under Immigration Act powers(a) overnight, (b) between one night and one month, (c) for a period of more than one month up to two months and (d) for more than two months in (i) Harmondsworth detention centre, (ii) the Queen's building, Heathrow, (iii) Terminal 4, Heathrow, (iv) the Beehive, Gatwick, (v) HM prison Haslar, (vi) HM prison Pentonville, (vii) Campsfield house detention centre, (viii) HM prison Rochester, (ix) HM prison Holloway and (x) other establishments during (1) 1994 and (2) 1995 to the latest date for which information is available; and, of these people, how many in each category were (B) women, (B) children under 18 and (C) men; and what were the names of the establishments in (x); [7423]
(2) how many people were received into (a) Prison Department establishments, (b) immigration detention centres and (c) police cells under Immigration Act powers during (i) 1994 and (ii) 1995 to the latest convenient date; how many of these were (1) asylum-seekers or (2) applying to remain on non-asylum grounds, by individual prisons establishment or detention centre; what was the average daily population of persons so detained in each of those years; what was the average length of time spent in detention by persons so detained in each of those years; and what was the nationality of persons so detained for each of those years. [7424]
§ Mr. Kirkhope[holding answer 9 January 1996]: Information on the total numbers of persons detained, analysed by nationality; is given in table 1. The number of detainees received into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales under the Immigration Act 1971 is given in table 2 for 1994 and for January to November 1995. The number is shown by the establishment of initial reception. The average population in 1994, including persons originally received for a criminal offence, was 487. The average for January to November 1995 is 481. A breakdown of receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality is given for 1994 and for January to November 1995 in table 3.
64WThe average period of detention for detainees released in 1994 and in January to November 1995 is provisionally estimated at 21 weeks and 19 weeks respectively. The other information requested is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table 1: Passengers at ports1, illegal entrants and deportation cases2 detained under Immigration Act powers Geographical region and nationality 1994 1995 January–September3 European Economic Area Austria 1 1 Belgium 7 2 Denmark 1 — Finland — — France 28 16 Germany 7 1 Greece 1 2 Iceland — — Ireland — — Italy 27 15 Luxembourg 3 — Netherlands 41 8 Norway — — Portugal 32 8 Spain 3 — Sweden 7 2 Total EEA 158 55 Europe Bulgaria 33 67 Cyprus 345 150 Former Czechoslovakia 59 47 Hungary 18 15 Malta 1 2 Poland 503 429 Romania 215 224 Russia 53 62 Other former USSR 100 119 Switzerland 3 5 Turkey 543 283 Former Yugoslavia 124 190 Other Europe 58 59 Total Europe 2,055 1,652 Americas Argentina 8 6 Barbados 15 16 Brazil 109 85 Canada 26 23 Chile 13 6 Colombia 212 135 Guyana 33 26 Jamaica 411 325 Mexico 16 10 Peru 43 33 Trinidad and Tobago 30 17 USA 115 80 Venezuela 16 10 Other Americas 200 199 Total Americas 1,247 971 frica Algeria 542 314 Angola 93 43 Egypt 25 15 Ethiopia 57 24 Ghana 865 431 Kenya 195 131 Libya 23 16 Mauritius 40 32 Morocco 105 44
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Table 1: Passengers at ports1, illegal entrants and deportation cases2 detained under Immigration Act powers Geographical region and nationality 1994 1995 January-September3 Nigeria 1,633 985 Sierra Leone 319 45 Somalia 111 64 South Africa 108 70 Sudan 35 17 Tanzania 89 77 Tunisia 30 10 Uganda 65 32 Zaire 190 101 Zambia 37 35 Zimbabwe 55 46 Other Africa 684 386 Total Africa 5,301 2,918 Asia Indian sub-continent Bangladesh 311 228 India 827 616 Pakistan 566 390 Total Indian sub-continent 1,704 1,234 Middle East Iran 48 59 Iraq 43 38 Israel 34 21 Jordan 11 1 Kuwait — — Lebanon 21 14 Saudi Arabia — 1 Syria 6 3 Yemen 3 1 Other Middle East 8 8 Total Middle East 174 146 Remainder of Asia China 172 371 Hong Kong4 33 30 Indonesia 6 4 Japan 30 11 Malaysia 112 130 Phillippines 58 10 Singapore 8 7 South Korea 13 14 Sri Lanka 279 147 Taiwan 1 3 Thailand 26 18 Other Asia 58 35 Total Remainder of Asia 796 780 Oceania Australia 21 17 New Zealand 4 5 Other Oceania 2 2 Total Oceania 27 24 British Overseas citizens 16 10 Stateless5 568 450 All Nationalities 12,046 8,240 1 Passengers detained overnight or longer.2 Excluding persons detained pending deportation following completion of a custodial sentence. 3 Data for 1995 are provisional. 4 Includes Hong Kong stateless persons. 5 Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.
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Table 2: Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales: by establishment 1994 and January-November 1995 Number of Persons1 2 Establishment 1994 1 January–30 November 1995 Remand Centres Blakenhurst 36 3 Brinsford 15 11 Dorchester 13 2 Exeter 12 11 Feltham 10 16 Glen Parva 1 1 Haslar 462 412 Moorland 1 — Northallerton 1 — Lancaster Farms 2 — Local Prisons Bedford 1 3 Belmarsh 22 26 Birmingham 218 226 Bristol 24 42 Brixton 71 68 Bullingdon 5 3 Canterbury 52 9 Cardiff 6 4 Chelmesford 12 1 Doncaster 1 3 Dover 36 — Durham 9 4 Elmley 24 1 Gloucester 6 1 Highdown 40 26 Hindley 7 12 Holloway 34 45 Holme House 10 2 Hull 14 2 Leeds 20 27 Leicester — 4 Lewes 2 3 Lincoln 2 5 Liverpool 23 13 Manchester 88 45 Norwich 19 2 New Hall — 2 Pentonville 62 21 Preston 1 1 Reading 3 — Risley 8 2 Rochester 122 512 Shrewsbury 6 — Swansea 7 — Wandsworth 35 24 Winchester 10 — Wolds 8 11 Wood Hill 1 3 Wormwood Scrubs 44 74 Closed training prisons Dartmoor — 1 Establishment not recorded 2 2 Nationality not recorded/other 33 25 All Establishments 1,641 1,711 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Provisional figures.
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Table 3: Receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality, 1994 and January to November 1995 Number of Persons1, 2 Nationality 1994 1 January to 30 November 1995 Afghanistan — 3 Albania 7 9 Algeria 15 124 Angola 24 21 Anguilla 2 — Argentina 2 1 Ascensioni Island 1 — Austria — 1 Australia — 3 Bangladesh 38 53 Benin — 2 Barbados 3 1 Belgium 1 — Bolivia — 1 Bosnia-Herzogovina 1 — Brazil 1 7 Bulgaria 3 7 Burkina Faso — 2 Cameroon, United Republic of 6 5 Canada 4 — Chad 1 — Chile 2 1 China 18 79 Colombia 7 9 Congo — 2 Cyprus 15 8 Czech Republic 4 4 Denmark 1 Dominica 1 1 Djibouti 1 — Egypt 7 4 Ethiopia 7 5 Equador — 4 Estonia — 1 Fiji — 1 Finland — 1 France 7 7 French Southern Territories 1 1 Gambia 7 39 Georgia — 4 Germany 3 5 Ghana 124 79 Greece — 4 Guyana 2 2 Haiti 1 — Hong Kong 4 5 Hungary 2 — India 281 294 Indonesia — 2 Iran 11 13 Irish Republic 4 2 Indian Ocean Territories 1 — Israel 3 2 Iraq 4 10 Italy 4 8 Ivory Coast 17 2 Jamaica 58 83 Japan 1 — Jordan 2 — Kazakhstan 1 1 Kenya 13 9 Laos Peoples Democratic — 1 Republic Lebanon 6 2 Liberia 19 21 Libya 12 3 Lithuania 1 2 Malaysia 3 1 Maldives — 1 Mali 2 — Moldova 1 — Morocco 19 13 Mauritius 1 2
Table 3: Receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality, 1994 and January to November 1995 Number of persons1 2 Nationality 1994 1 January to 30 November 1995 Malawi 1 — Mozambique 4 1 Netherlands 7 5 Netherland Antillies 1 — Nepal 4 1 Nicaragua — 1 Niger 4 1 Nigeria 237 235 Pakistan 100 106 Peru — 9 Philippines — 1 Poland 14 14 Portugal 7 1 Romania 26 71 Russia 9 15 Rwanda 2 8 Senegal — 2 Serbia — 1 Singapore 1 1 Sierre Leone 21 14 Slovakia 1 — Somalia 8 11 South Africa 14 14 Spain 2 5 Sri Lanka 25 28 St. Lucia 1 1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 1 Sudan 8 4 Taiwan — 1 Tajikistan — 1 Tanzania 6 5 Toga 1 2 Tonga 1 — Thailand 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 Tunisia 5 1 Turkey 104 53 Uganda 1 11 United Arab Emirates 1 — United States of America 3 11 Venezuela — 1 Vietnam 1 1 Yugoslavia 13 33 Zambia 5 4 Zaire 38 22 Zimbabwe 5 3 Nationality not recorded/other 35 27 All 1,641 1,711 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Provisional figures.