HC Deb 05 July 1999 vol 334 c325W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people charged with immigration offences were detained in prisons in England and Wales on 1 June. [89177]

Mr. George Howarth

The available information is for 31 May 1999 and shows that 480 persons were detained in prisons in England and Wales under the Immigration Act 1971.