asked the Home Secretary how many aliens were recommended for deportation in the year ended 31st October, 1936 and 1937, respectively; and in how many instances were the appropriate Orders for deportation made?

During the year ended 31st October, 1936, 203 aliens were recommended for deportation. Deportation orders were made in 150 cases, 14 left the country under their own arrangements, and one—a mental case—is held over because the patient has not yet sufficiently recovered to be removed. In eight of the remaining cases the recommendations were quashed on appeal, in 21 it was decided on merits not to make Orders, in seven it was found impossible to determine the aliens' nationality, in one the person concerned was found to be a British subject, and in the remaining case the alien who had been released on bail pending appeal absconded.During the year ended 31st October, 1937, 169 aliens were recommended for deportation. Deportation Orders were made in 115 cases, 14 left under their own arrangements, and 14 have not yet been decided. In 17 of the remaining cases it was decided on merits not to make Orders and in mine it was found impossible to establish nationality.