HC Deb 24 May 2004 vol 421 cc1422-3W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his review into whether all immigrants should be tested for HIV upon entry into the United Kingdom; and when the review will be completed. [174039]

Mr. Browne

[holding answer 18 May 2004]: I refer the hon. Member to the response given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Public Health on 8 March 2004, Official Report, column 1334W.

Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been(a) refused permission to board and (b) arrested by UK authorities for (i) immigration offences and (ii) other offences following checks by French immigration staff on passengers boarding ferries at Dover; and if he will make a statement. [172404]

Mr. Browne

Since the implementation of the juxtaposed controls at Dover and Calais on 1 February 2004 the Police aux Frontieres (French authorities) have operated an immigration control in Dover.

The information requested is not currently published and would therefore not normally be released.

Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the longest unresolved immigration case being dealt with by his Department is; when the person concerned in this case first arrived in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [173538]

Mr. Browne

Information on individual decisions, up to and including the outcome of all potential appeals, is not readily available and could be obtained only by examination of individual case files. This would incur disproportionate cost.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests for immigration offences there were in each of the last five years in each(a) police force area and (b) local authority, broken down by (i) month and (ii) offence. [167966]

Mr. Browne

Information collected centrally is based on persons arrested for 'notifiable' offences within main offence groups only, and as such it does not separately identify immigration offences in the "Other" offence group within which they fall.