Written question asked by Doug Henderson (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 1996. It was answered by Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 July 1996 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: How many persons were recommended for deportation with no custodial sentence during (a) 1995 and (b) 1996 to the latest convenient date; and in how many such cases the courts directed release (i) subject to conditions and (ii) without conditions; how many decisions to make a deportation order, where there is a right of appeal have been made in each quarter since 1 July 1994; how many people were received into prison department establishments,immigration detention centres or police cells under Immigration Act powers during 1995 and 1996; how many of these were asylum seekers and applying to remain on non-asylum grounds; what was the average daily population of persons so detained; what was the average length of time spent in detention and if he will give a breakdown by nationality; and how many persons were detained under Immigration Act powers for a period of more than two months on completion of a custodial sentence during 1995 and 1996 to the latest convenient date. - Will write.

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