§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many lorry drivers were convicted of bringing immigrants into the country in the year before the coming into force of the Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sales of Transporters) Regulations 2000. [129393]
§ Mrs. RocheDuring 1999, the number of those convicted of offences committed under section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971, for knowingly facilitating the entry of either an illegal entrant or an asylum applicant, was 153.
The number of those convicted who were employed as lorry drivers is not recorded centrally, and data relating to convictions in 2000 are not yet available.