HC Deb 21 May 1998 vol 312 cc529-30W
Mr. Browne

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom citizens convicted of murder or homicide abroad have been deported back to the United Kingdom in each year since 1990. [41737]

Mr. Fatchett

[holding answer 19 May 1998]: Foreign jurisdictions are not required to inform us of the deportation of a British citizen. The information in the following table on the number of British citizens deported to the UK after completing a sentence for murder or homicide is therefore incomplete and relates only to those cases where we have become directly involved.

Year Number
1990 4
1991 1
1992 1
1993 1
1994 2
1995 3
1996 1
1997 2

Mr. Browne

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom citizens, convicted of criminal offences abroad, have been deported back to the United Kingdom in each year since 1990. [41734]

Mr. Fatchett

[holding answer 19 May 1998]: Foreign jurisdictions are not required to inform us of the deportation of a British citizen. The information in the following table on the number of British citizens deported to the UK after completing a sentence for a criminal offence is therefore incomplete and relates only to those cases where we have become directly involved:

Year Number
1990 245
1991 213
1992 256
1993 345
1994 270
1995 293
1996 237
1997 293

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the file of Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Nandra, ref IMM/ECR/98/S, whose wife resides in Burfield Street, Leicester will be passed to London. [43082]

Mr. Fatchett

We have asked our High Commission in New Delhi for a detailed account of the position. The Migration and Visa Correspondence Unit will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

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