§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many deportation orders have been signed by Ministers since 1 October 1997; and how many removals have taken place in the same period; [40564]
(2) how many deportation orders have been signed by Ministers in each of the last six calendar years. [40565]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe numbers of deportation orders signed by Ministers in each of the last six years are given in table 1.
The number of deportation orders signed between 1 October 1997 and 31 January 1998 was 370. Information on removals during this period is given in table 2.
Data relating to 1997 and 1998 are provisional.
Table 1: Deportation orders signed by Ministers, 1992–19971.2 Number 1992 890 1993 1,240 1994 1,510 19953 1,680 19963 1,870 19972 1,200 1 Figures are rounded 2 1997 data are provisional 3Revised data
Table 2: Persons removed from the United Kingdom, 1 October 1997 to 31 January 19981 Number of Persons removed1 Removed as a result of deportation action 2,3 660 Removed as a result of illegal entry action 2,4 1,540 Removed under port procedures2 8,050 Total removed 10,240 1 Data are provisional and rounded 2Action may have been initiated in an earlier period 3Includes persons who departed voluntarily after deportation action had been initiated against them 4Includes persons who departed voluntarily after illegal entry action had been initiated against them