HC Deb 22 April 1999 vol 329 cc668-9W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations for deportation were made by courts in cases where an offender received(a) a community sentence, (b) a sentence of less than four years imprisonment and (c) four years or more imprisonment in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [81475]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.

Number of persons sentenced at all courts to (a) a community sentence and (b) immediate custody where the court also recommended deportation, England and Wales, 1993–97
Main disposal Immediate custody by length of sentence:
Community Sentence1 Less than 4 years 4 years or over
1993 8 187
1994 9 230
1995 1 31 237
1996 3 14 276
1997 17 297
1Includes probation order, supervision order, community service order, attendance centre order, combination order and curfew order (since 1995)

Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offenders were recommended for deportation by a court following convictions for(a) offences involving the possession or supply of illegal drugs or trafficking in drugs, (b) offences involving violence and (c) sexual offences in the most recent year for which figures are available; [81507]

(2) how many offenders were recommended for deportation by (a) a magistrates court and (b) a Crown court in the most recent year for which figures are available. [81506]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.

Number of offenders recommended for deportation by the courts by type of court and type of offence, England and Wales, 1997
Type of court/offence Number
Court for all offences
Magistrates court 21
Crown Court 306

Number of offenders recommended for deportation by the courts by type of court and type of offence, England and Wales, 1997
Type of court/offence Number
Offences
Offences in relation to the unlawful importation of a controlled drug 182
Offences in relation to the unlawful exportation of a controlled drug 2
Production or being concerned in production of a controlled drug 1
Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug 7
Having possession of a controlled drug 3
Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply 14
Violence against the person offences 12
Robbery 2
Sexual offences 10

Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders have been made against persons as belonging to the family of another under section 3(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 where that other person had been recommended for deportation by a court in each of the last five years. [81474]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The information requested is available only at disproportionate cost.