§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by nationality the(a) men and (b) women who were being held in custody in England and Wales under immigration laws on 1 November. [18963]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe available information on persons held in detention in England and Wales under immigration powers as at 31 October 1997, but nationality and gender, is given in tables 1 and 2.
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Table 1: Males recorded as being in detention1,2 under Immigration Act powers in England and Wales, by nationality as at 31 October 19973 Nationality Total detainees Afghanistan 4 Albania 6 Algeria 57 Angola 13 Bangladesh 21 Bulgaria 10 Burundi 2 Chile 2 China 25 Colombia 9 Cyprus 12 Czech Republic4 26 Democratic Republic of Congo5 8 Ecuador 8 Egypt 2 France 2 Gambia 12 Ghana 34 Greece 3 Guyana 2 India 123 Iran 10 Iraq 3 Israel 2 Ivory Coast 7 Jamaica 29 Kenya 16 Lebanon 7 Liberia 6 Libya 4 Morocco 6 Nepal 2 Netherlands 3 Nigeria 88 Pakistan 73 Palestine 2 Poland 2 Romania 18 Sierra Leone 4 Slovakia 22 Somalia 3 South Africa 4 Spain 2 Sri Lanka 14 St. Lucia 3 Sudan 5 Tanzania 3 Tunisia 3
Table 1: Males recorded as being in detention1,2 under Immigration Act powers in England and Wales, by nationality as at 31 October 19973 Nationality Total detainees Turkey 34 Uganda 3 USA 3 Venezuela 2 Former USSR 18 Former Yugoslavia 17 Stateless6 and Nationality Doubtful 7 Other 25 Total 831 1 Persons detained in prisons or immigration detention centres. 2 Excluding persons detained in police cells. 3 The data are provisional. 4 Figures for the Czech Republic may include persons holding Czechoslovakian passports. 5 Formerly Zaire. 6 Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.
Table 2: Females recorded as being in detention1,2 under Immigration Act powers in England and Wales, by nationality, as at 31 October 19973 Nationality Total detainees Angola 5 Colombia 2 Czech Republic4 2 Ghana 6 Jamaica 11 Kenya 4 Nigeria 18 USA 2 Other5 20 Total 70 1 Persons detained in prisons or immigration detention centres. 2 Excluding persons detained in police cells. 3 The data are provisional. 4 Figures for the Czech Republic may include persons holding Czechoslovakian passports. 5 The category "Other" includes persons whose nationality is doubtful or for whom no nationality is recorded.