HC Deb 19 June 2000 vol 352 cc90-1W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported from the UK in each of the last three years.[125763]

Mrs. Roche

The numbers of people removed or departing voluntarily from the United Kingdom under port, illegal entry or deportation procedures between 1997 and 1999 are shown in the table. Data for 1999 are provisional.

Passengers refused entry and removed and persons removed or departing voluntarily as a result of illegal entry or deportation action1, 1997 to 1999
1997 1998 19993
Passengers refused entry and removed 24,540 27,600 31,300
Removals and voluntary departures under illegal entry procedures2 4,540 5,580 5,220
Removals and voluntary departures under deportation procedures2 2,070 1,720 21,170
Total 31,140 34,900 237,680
1Includes only those voluntary departures taking place after the initiation of such action.
2Revised data
31999 data are provisional

Notes:

Data are rounded to 10.