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Home Office

Answer

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained under Immigration Act powers in the United Kingdom were held in detention at the end of (i) October, (ii) November and (iii) December; in which establishments were they held; what were their (a) nationalities and (b) gender; and how many were deported and from which establishments. [12323] Mr. Kirkhope: The available information on persons in detention is given in the tables. The numbers of persons who had been detained at any time and subsequently removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process were 47 in October and 69 in November 1996. These figures are provisional and include persons departing voluntarily after deportation action had been initiated, but exclude persons removed as illegal entrants or under port refusal procedures. A corresponding figure for December 1996 is not yet available. An analysis of the deportation data, showing where the person had been detained, could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Table 1: Persons recorded as being in detention{1} solely under Immigration Act powers, by establishment _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996 Establishment 31 October 30 November 31 December _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison Service establishments in England and Wales{2} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Belmarsh 8 11 8 Birmingham 23 20 18 Bristol 7 5 3 Brixton 15 11 10 Canterbury 5 5 4 Doncaster 4 3 4 Exeter 4 3 -- Feltham 2 2 4 Haslar 135 131 129 High Down 30 28 23 Holloway 19 23 25 Leeds 7 9 7 Manchester 5 6 4 Pentonville 9 7 5 Rochester 190 186 183 Wandsworth 17 12 7 Wormwood Scrubs 25 13 15 Others 21 18 20 526 493 469 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Immigration Service detention centres _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Campsfield House 195 189 194 Dover Harbour Board 6 10 9 Gatwick Meadvale 45 45 44 Harmondsworth 87 89 90 Harwick -- 1 1 Heathrow Queen's Building 13 14 15 Manchester Airport 13 13 4 Tinsley House 136 139 132 495 500 489 Total 1,021 993 958 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete. {2} Data are provisional. Table 2: Persons recorded as being in detention{1} solely under Immigration Act powers, by nationality and gender _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996 Nationality 31 October 30 November 31 December _________________________________________________________________________________________________. European Economic Area _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Austria -- -- -- Belgium -- -- -- Denmark -- -- -- Finland -- -- -- France 4 1 1 Germany 2 2 1 Greece 3 3 3 Iceland -- -- -- Ireland -- 1 -- Italy 1 1 1 Luxembourg -- -- -- Netherlands 3 2 2 Norway -- -- -- Portugal 1 2 1 Spain -- -- -- Sweden -- -- -- Other Europe Bulgaria 1 4 4 Cyprus 21 13 27 Former Czechoslovakia 6 5 2 Hungary 1 1 1 Malta -- -- -- Poland 8 6 6 Romania 19 20 17 Russia 6 6 7 Other former USSR 13 13 14 Switzerland -- -- -- Turkey 43 41 39 Former Yugoslavia 18 14 18 Other Europe 3 1 1 Americas Argentina 1 1 1 Barbados 3 2 2 Brazil -- 1 -- Canada 1 1 1 Chile -- 1 1 Colombia 15 10 24 Guyana 1 -- -- Jamaica 45 40 43 Mexico -- -- -- Peru 3 2 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 -- -- USA 2 1 2 Venezuela 1 -- 1 Other Americas 6 9 7 Africa Algeria 86 95 96 Angola 19 14 18 Egypt 2 2 1 Ethiopia 12 9 8 Ghana 61 56 51 Kenya 6 8 6 Libya 2 3 3 Mauritius -- -- -- Morocco 8 10 8 Nigeria 129 125 133 Sierra Leone 9 10 9 Somalia 7 8 3 South Africa 10 5 10 Sudan 6 4 7 Tanzania 5 5 7 Tunisia 3 3 3 Uganda 3 4 4 Zaire 45 42 40 Zambia 5 2 2 Zimbabwe 4 2 6 Other Africa 54 52 42 Indian sub-continent Bangladesh 17 12 11 India 113 122 100 Pakistan 59 55 49 Middle East Iran 13 13 9 Iraq 2 2 7 Israel 16 16 12 Jordan -- -- 1 Kuwait -- -- -- Lebanon 3 4 4 Saudi Arabia -- -- -- Syria -- -- -- Yemen -- 1 1 Other Middle East -- 1 1 Remainder of Asia China 40 35 39 Hong Kong{2} 2 1 1 Indonesia -- -- -- Japan -- -- -- Malaysia -- -- -- Philippines -- -- -- Singapore -- -- -- South Korea -- -- -- Sri Lanka 40 47 29 Taiwan -- -- -- Thailand -- -- -- Other Asia 2 3 3 Oceania Australia 1 1 1 New Zealand -- -- -- Other Oceania -- -- -- British Overseas citizens -- -- -- Stateless{3} and nationality 12 22 11 doubtful All nationalities 1,028 998 965 Of whom --males 934 900 871 --females 94 98 94 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete. {2} Including Hong Kong stateless persons. {3} Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

12323; 289 c453-5W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Detainees Deportation Migrants

Contains statistics

Yes