§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many clandestine entrants were detected at each port of entry into the United Kingdom in each month since 30 April 1997. [96051]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information on the number of clandestine entrants detected each month from May 1997 to September 1999 is given in the table. The recording arrangements were changed at the start of 1999 and the two sets of figures may not be directly comparable. I regret that details of numbers of attempted entrants who are detected at port are not recorded separately.
Number of clandestine entrants detected each month, May 1997 to September 1999 1997 19981 19991 January — 560 700 February — 460 750 March — 620 750 April — 600 750 May 320 640 930 June 260 720 1,090 July 280 870 1,440 August 290 1,010 1,960 September 410 950 2,150 October 360 1,110 — November 470 980 — December 450 810 — 1 Figures are provisional Note:
All figures are rounded to the nearest ten
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state in respect of each month since 30 April 1997 the number of illegal entrants detected at United Kingdom ports who have been(a) granted temporary admission to the United Kingdom, (b) detained and (c) removed from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [96052]
§ Mrs. RocheInformation on the number of illegal entrants detected at United Kingdom ports where temporary admission has been granted or where they have been detained or removed is not stored centrally. However, the total number of persons removed or who 967W made a voluntary departure as an illegal entrant from the United Kingdom by month, from May 1997 to September 1999, is shown in the table.
Total number of persons removed or who made a voluntary departure as an illegal entrant from the United Kingdom by month, from May 1997 to September 1999 1997 19981 19991 January — 420 400 February — 370 470 March — 470 440 April — 440 340 May 340 330 350 June 340 410 400 July 400 480 380 August 400 590 420 September 400 490 480 October 430 490 — November 370 560 — December 360 540 — 1 Figures are provisional Note:
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10