Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 January 2005. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 January 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose applications have not been resolved, are currently serving custodial sentences for crimes committed in the UK. - Not collected centrally and disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers whose applications have not been resolved, are currently serving custodial sentences for crimes committed in the UK. [208947] Paul Goggins: The Prison Service central IT system does not record the immigration status of prisoners who are serving a custodial sentence. The information requested is not therefore available except by examination of individual case-files, at disproportionate cost.

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