§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders were(a) signed and (b) enforced in each of the last three months for which figures are available. [78635]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested is given in the Table. It should be noted that a deportation order enforced in one period may have been signed in an earlier period.
Deportation action, October to December 1998 1 Number of persons October November December Deportation orders signed 80 65 40 Deportation orders enforced2 55 55 45 1 1998 data are provisional 2A deportation order enforced in one period may have been signed in an earlier period. Note:
All figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
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§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons who have been detained following a recommendation for deportation after a criminal conviction applied for and were granted bail in the last year for which figures are available; [78680]
(2) how many cases an application to him to revoke a deportation order whilst the applicant was still in the United Kingdom was (a) made and (b) granted in each of the last five years; [78685]
(3) how many applications he (a) received and (b) granted for the revocation of a deportation order in the last five years for which figures are available. [78694]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were removed from the United Kingdom in(a) the last three months, (b) the last year and (c) the last three years for which figures are recorded. [78650]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe latest three months for which a provisional removals total is available are December 1998 to February 1999. During that period, some 9,210 persons were removed, or departed voluntarily from the United Kingdom, under port or enforcement procedures.
The annual totals for the last three years are 26,800 in 1996, 31,110 in 1997 and 34,850 (provisional) in 1998.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum applicants were(a) removed and (b) deported voluntarily from the UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the total number of failed asylum applicants they represented. [78663]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe available information on the numbers of asylum refusals, and removals and voluntary departures of persons who have applied for asylum at some stage, in the last five years is given in the table. It should be noted that: the figures for refusal of asylum and exceptional leave relate to initial decisions by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) and do not take account of the outcomes of appeals or other subsequent decisions; and a removal or voluntary departure in one year may relate to a decision to refuse asylum and exceptional leave, or the withdrawal of an asylum application or appeal, in an earlier year. Furthermore, some failed asylum seekers may leave the United Kingdom without the knowledge of IND, or before enforcement action has been initiated, and will not be recorded in the removals and voluntary departures figures. As the available information on refusals and removals of asylum seekers is not therefore directly comparable, it is inappropriate to these figures to calculate removals and voluntary departures as a proportion of refusals.
544WA person cannot be removed until all rights of appeal in the United Kingdom have been exhausted and thereafter significant barriers to removal may exist, such as a lack of documentation, judicial review or absconding.
Refusals 1, removals and voluntary departures of asylum applicants, excluding dependants, 1994 to 19984 Number of persons 1994 1995 1996 1997 19984 Refused asylum and exceptional leave 16,500 21,300 31,670 28,945 22,315 Removed2 1,640 2,270 3,680 5,340 35,020 Departed Voluntarily2 580 900 1,140 1,790 31,770 1 Information relates to initial asylum decisions excluding the outcomes of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 2 A removal or voluntary departure in one year may relate to a decision to refuse asylum and exceptional leave taken in an earlier year. 3 1998 removed and departed voluntarily figures are estimated. 41998 data are provisional. Note:
All figures are rounded.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations for deportation he received from the courts; and how many he signed in the last year for which figures are available. [78695]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienIn 1998, some 340 recommendations for deportation were received from the courts. During the same year, 270 deportation orders were signed following a court recommendation for deportation. These data are provisional. It should be noted that a deportation order signed in one year may relate to a court recommendation received in an earlier year and some sentences may be for more than one year and so the deportation may be signed before their release some time later.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases applications for asylum following a decision by him to make a deportation order in respect of the person concerned were(a) received and (b) granted in the last five years for which figures are available. [78686]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested is given in the table. It should be noted that a grant of asylum in one year may relate to an application lodged in an earlier period.
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Persons applying for asylum after a deportation order had been signed against them 1, number of applications and number of grants of asylum, 1994 to 1998 Number of persons Year Asylum applications received2 Grants of asylum 3 1994 195 4 1995 250 0 1996 145 5— 1997 70 5— 19984 25 0 1 Asylum application made at least one day after a deportation order had been signed 2 Applications data are round 3 It should be noted that a grant of asylum in one year may relate to an application lodged in an earlier period 4 1998 data are provisional 5 Represents 1 or 2