§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who had applied at some time for asylum were(a) detained in and (b) deported from Doncaster prison in each month since January 1996; what were their nationalities; and to what country they were deported. [34983]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe information available is in the table. The nationalities involved were Jamaican. Indian and Turkish.
Number of asylum detainees1 recorded at HMP Doncaster as at 31 January, 29 February, 29 March. 30 April, 31 May Date detained Number of asylum-seekers detained Number of asylum-seekers deported in preceding month 31 January 2 0 29 February 2 0 29 March 1 0 30 April 2 0 31 May 3 0 1 Persons detained solely under the powers contained in schedules 2 or 3 to the Immigration Act 1971. In some cases the asylum application will have been lodged subsequent to the applicant being detained. The figures include both detained asylum applicants who applied at ports and those detained in after-entry enforcement work and include those awaiting removal following refusal of asylum, as well as those whose applications were under consideration or subject to appeal.