HC Deb 04 May 2000 vol 349 cc202-4W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers entered Britain on the Eurostar service in each of the last 36 months. [119989]

Mrs. Roche

Over the last 36 months there have been a total of 9,180 port asylum applications at Waterloo, and 165 at Ashford in Kent, which is also served by Eurostar. A month by month breakdown is provided in the table.

Figures are rounded to the nearest five. An asterisk means less than two.

Month Number of port asylum applications at Waterloo Number of port asylum applicants at Ashford
1997
April 170 5
May 160 *
June 180 5
July 280 5
August 425 *
September 160 *
October 150 5
November 120 *
December 200 *
1998
January 215 5
February 210 5
March 220 5
April 215 5
May 185 *
June 335 5
July 250 5
August 340 *
September 200 5
October 200 *
November 225 5
December 285 5
1999
January 245 5
February 270 *
March 265 *
April 285 5
May 445 15
June 600 20
July 520 10
August 215 10
September 175 5
October 190 *
November 160 5
December 270 10
2000
January 225 5
February 285 5
March 305 5
Total 9,180 165
Offences punished and punishments given in prison—April 1999 to March 2000: HMP Everthorpe
Confined to cell/room Forfeiture of privileges Stoppage or reduction of earnings Caution Other Additional days awarded All punishments All offences
All offences 93 10 64 28 8 675 878 786
Violence 6 0 3 1 1 26 37 28
Assault on an officer 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 3
Assault on an inmate 2 0 0 1 0 6 9 7
Assault on any other person 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Detains any person 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fights with any person 3 0 3 0 0 17 23 17
Escape/absconds 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Escapes from prison or legal custody 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Attempted escape 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have entered the UK through the port of Immingham since May 1997; and what were their countries of origin. [119407]

Mrs. Roche

Since May 1997 there have been no asylum applications lodged by passengers arriving at Immingham. However, the breakdown of those who entered the port of Immingham illegally and subsequently sought asylum is shown in the table.

1997 1998 1999 20001 Total
Afghanistan — — 46 24 70
Bhutan — — 1 — 1
China — — 15 18 33
Ethiopia — — — 2 2
India — — 1 2 3
Iran — — 4 1 5
Yugoslavia (Kosovo) 8 11 112 19 150
Nepal — — 1 3 4
Pakistan — — 4 — 4
Romania — — 1 — 1
Sri Lanka — 13 47 19 79
Turkey — — 11 24 35
Total 8 24 243 112 387
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