§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules due to compelling compassionate circumstances in each of the past five years; and when, and according to what criteria, they are expected to be granted indefinite leave to remain. [40404]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienI regret that information on this particular reason for granting leave to remain is not collected separately. Any further applications from persons who have been exceptionally granted leave to remain on compassionate grounds are considered in the light of the particular circumstances at that time and of any concessionary policy under which the original leave may have been given.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) British overseas citizens and (b) other British nationals who are subject to United Kingdom immigration controls have been refused leave to enter the United Kingdom by the Immigration Service at the port of entry in each year since 1995; how many of these people (i) were granted temporary admission and (ii) are still in the United Kingdom on temporary admission; and to which countries his Department proposes to send them. [40405]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe available information is given in the table. I regret that information on the nationality of persons granted temporary admission is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Persons refused leave to enter the United Kingdom are removed to the country whence they embarked, or of which they are a national or citizen, or in which they have obtained a passport or other document of identity, or a country or territory to which there is reason to believe they will be admitted.
Passengers refused leave to enter and removed, 1995–97 Year British Overseas Citizens1 Other British nationals2 1995 123 39 1996 139 50 1997 121 40 1 Comprises British Overseas citizens, British Dependent Territories citizens (BDTCs) where the territory is not recorded, British Protected Persons and British Subjects. Other BDTCs (excluding those from Hong Kong, see footnote 2) are not separately identifiable. 2 Comprises British Dependent Territories citizens from Hong Kong and British Nationals (Overseas). Note:
1997 data are provisional.