§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were considered for enforcement under immigration legislation for each year for which figures are known since 1993; and how many deportations were made. [57757]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe available information, relating to the numbers of cases for which enforcement action was initiated under sections 3(5), 3(6) or 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971, since 1993; and the number of deportations made, is given in tables 7.2 (Illegal entrants) and 7.4 (Deportation action) of the Home Office Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 1997" (Cm 4033), for years 1993 and 1994, and in tables 5.1 (Total enforcement action), 5.2 (Illegal entrants) and 5.3 (Deportation action) of the Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom, First Half 1998", issue 24/98, for years 1995–97. Copies of these publications are available in the Library.