Deportation Orders (Hansard, 2 February 1999)

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently in custody awaiting deportation. [68987]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
Regrettably, reliable information on the numbers of persons in custody, or otherwise detained, who are the subject of deportation action is available only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were removed from the United Kingdom as a result of the enforcement of a deportation order in each year since 1992; [68988]
(2) how many people were removed or departed voluntarily in each year since 1992, following the initiation of deportation action against them but without a deportation order being made. [68984]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
The available annual information is given in the table.

Removals and voluntary departures following deportation action, 1992 to 1997

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Deportation orders enforced 880 850 670 700 900 800

Other removals and voluntary Departures¹ 1,710 1,430 1,250 1,200 1,110 1,250

¹Removals and voluntary departures following the initiation of deportation action but without a deportation order having been made. Figures are rounded.

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders were made in each of the first five months of 1997. [68986]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
The information is given in the table.

Deportation orders made, 1 January to 31 May 1997

Number of deportation orders made

January 110

February 90

March 90

April 130

May 60

Note:
Figures are rounded

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders were made in each year from 1992 to 1996; and how many have not yet been executed. [68985]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
The available information is given in the table. It should be noted that some deportation orders may not have been executable for legal reasons.
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Deportation orders made and numbers of those not executed¹, 1992 to 1996

Year Number of deportation orders made Of which: number not executed¹

1992 890 ²—

1993 1,240 ²—

1994 1,540 570

1995 1,690 730

1996 1,880 980

¹Relates to the number of deportation orders made in the year concerned which had not been executed by January 1999. The figures exclude deportation orders enforced and cases where deportation is no longer appropriate.

² Data not available

Note:
Figures are rounded

Removals and voluntary departures following deportation action, 1992 to 1997
	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Deportation orders enforced	880	850	670	700	900	800
Other removals and voluntary Departures¹	1,710	1,430	1,250	1,200	1,110	1,250
¹Removals and voluntary departures following the initiation of deportation action but without a deportation order having been made. Figures are rounded.

Deportation orders made, 1 January to 31 May 1997
	Number of deportation orders made
January	110
February	90
March	90
April	130
May	60

Deportation orders made and numbers of those not executed¹, 1992 to 1996
Year	Number of deportation orders made	Of which: number not executed¹
1992	890	²—
1993	1,240	²—
1994	1,540	570
1995	1,690	730
1996	1,880	980
¹Relates to the number of deportation orders made in the year concerned which had not been executed by January 1999. The figures exclude deportation orders enforced and cases where deportation is no longer appropriate.
² Data not available