§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many children were served with notices of intention to deport in 1995, 1996 and 1997 to date; [2467]
(2) how many children were deported in 1995, 1996 and 1997 to date. [2466]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brienthe answer to the question is given in the table.
Children subject to deportation action under section 3(5)(c) of the Immigration Act 1995 1996 January to May 19971 Served with a notice of intention to deport 146 533 202 Removed under the deportation process2 3 10 2 1 Provisional data. 2 Including voluntary departures after deportation action had been initiated.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained in Birmingham prison under Immigration Act powers during 1996; how many of those detained were deported; and what were their nationalities. [2469]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienProvisional information for 1996 is contained in the tables.
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Persons detained in Birmingham prison under Immigration Act powers, numbers in custody at the end of each month, 1996, by nationality: Total number in custody at the end of the month Nationalities January 51 Algerian (2), Bangladeshi (2), Chinese (5), Indian (27), Nigerian (4), Pakistani (6), Others (5) February 55 Algerian (6), Chinese (3), Indian (25), Nigerian (5), Pakistani (9), Others (7) March 63 Algerian (8), Chinese (2), Indian (30), Nigerian (4), Pakistani (6), South African (2), Others (11) April 48 Algerian (8), Bangladeshi (2), Indian (27), Nigerian (2), Pakistani (2), South African (2), Others (5) May 51 Algerian (9), Bangladeshi (3), Indian (23), Nigerian (5), Pakistani (3), Others (8) June 50 Algerian (7), Chinese (2), Indian (29), Nigerian (4), Others (8) July 39 Algerian (3), Chinese (2), Indian (20), Jamaican (3), Nigerian (3), Pakistani (2), Others (6) August 28 Algerian (4), Indian (12), Nigerian (2), Pakistani (3), Others (7) September 26 Algerian (3), Indian (11), Nigerian (4), Pakistani (3), Others (5) October 19 Algerian (2), Indian (11), Nigerian (2), Others (4) November 20 Algerian (5), Indian (7), Jamaican (3), Pakistani (2), Others (3) December 18 Algerian (7), Indian (4), Jamaican (2), Nigerian (2), Turkish (2), Others (1)
Persons recorded as discharged from Birmingham prison for removal by the Immigration Service in 1996, by nationality: Total number deported during the month Nationalities January 23 Bangladeshi (3), Indian (16), Others (4) February 22 China (2), Indian (11), Jamaica (2), Pakistani (2), Others (5) March 20 Indian (8), Nigerian (2), Pakistani (5), Others (5) April 17 Indian (8), Pakistani (3), Others (6) May 10 Algerian (2), Indian (6), Pakistani (2) June 11 Indian (4), Pakistani (2), Others (5) July 21 Algerian (2), Indian (16), Jamaican (2), Others (1) August 15 Hong Kong (2), Indian (8), Jamaican (2), Others (3) September 12 Indian (4), Morocco (2), Others (6) October 5 Indian (3), Others (2) November 12 Indian (6), Others (6) December 4 Indian (2), Jamaican (2)
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those people detained in Birmingham prison under Immigration Act powers were deported during the months of January, February, March and April; and what were the nationalities of those deported. [2468]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienProvisional information for January to April 1997 is contained in the table.
Persons recorded as being discharged for removal by the immigration service in January to April 1997, who had been detained in Birmingham prison Total number discharged during the month Nationality January 5 Indian (2), Others (3) February 5 Indian (3), Others (2) March 3 Others (3) April 1 Others (1)
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people who had applied at some stage for asylum, were deported from Birmingham prison during January, February, March and April; and what were the nationalities of those deported; [2464]
(2) how many people who had applied at some stage for asylum were detained in Birmingham prison during January, February, March and April; and what were the nationalities of those detained. [2465]
§ Mr. O'BrienThe available information on asylum seekers detained in Her Majesty's Prison Birmingham is given in the table.
There were no failed asylum seekers recorded as being deported from Her Majesty's Prison Birmingham during each of the months January to April 1997. This does no include asylum seekers removed as illegal entrants or under port refusal procedures.
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Table 1: Number of people recorded1,2 as being detained3 at Her Majesty's prison Birmingham who had sought asylum at some stage, by nationality of detainee, as at selected dates in 1997. Nationality As at 31 January4 1997 As at 27 March 1997 As at 30 April 1997 Algeria 6 6 3 India 5 4 2 Others5 5 5 5 Total 16 15 10 1 Provisional figures. 2 Source: ISED and ISPD computer systems. 3 Persons detained solely under the powers contained in Schedules 2 or 3 of 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. 4 Illegal entrants and those subject to deportation action are as at 31 January and Port cases are as at 3 February. 5 The "Other" category may include nationalities already listed.