asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been detained under Immigration Act powers as at 30th April 1978 as (a) alleged overstayers, (b) alleged illegal immigrants, (c) recommendations for deportation by the courts, (d) awaiting deportation for breach of conditions of leave to enter, and (e) awaiting deportation as non-conducive to the public good.
pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th June 1978; Vol. 952, col. 383], gave the following information:In addition, persons refused leave to enter and seamen deserters are detained under Immigration Act powers.
| CERTAIN PERSONS DETAINED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 ON 30TH APRIL 1978 | |
| Category and Number detained | |
| In breach of conditions of leave to enter(1) | 30 |
| Illegal entrants (2) | 107 |
| Recommended for deportation by the courts (1) | 97 |
| Deportation deemed conducive to the public good | 4 |
| Detained after entry in breach of deportation order | 7 |
Notes
(1) Separate figures for overstayers are not readily available. The figure for those in breach of conditions of leave to enter includes overstayers whom it has been decided to deport under section 3(5)( a) of the Act. Persons convicted of overstaying under section 24(1)( b)(i) of the Act and detained following a court recommendation for deportation are included in the figures of those recommended for deportation by the courts.
(2) The figure for illegal entrants excludes those detained pending trial or serving a prison sentence
experiments indicating when each started operations, the dates on which three closed down, and the number of hours of locally initiated programmes being carried by those still in operation.
The information requested is as follows:
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been detained under Immigration Act powers as at 30th April 1978 at (a) Her Majesty's Prison, Pentonville, (b) Her Majesty's Prison, Winson Green, (c) Risley Remand Centre, (d) other prisons by name, and (e) prison department detention centres by name.
pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th June 1978; Vol. 952, col. 383], gave the following answer:The information requested for prison department establishments in England and Wales is given in the following table. The table does not cover those detained in other accommodation or those detained in prisons in Scotland.
| NON-CRIMINAL PRISONERS HELD UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 ON 30TH APRIL 1978 IN PRISON DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES | |
| Establishment and Number of persons | |
| Pentonville | 147 |
| Birmingham, Winson Green | 23 |
| Risley Remand Centre | 20 |
| Ashford | 1 |
| Bedford | 7 |
| Bristol | 1 |
| Canterbury | 9 |
| Cardiff | 2 |
| Dorchester | 1 |
| Durham | 2 |
| Holloway | 10 |
| Latchmere House | 7 |
| Leeds | 10 |
| Lincoln | 1 |
| Norwich | 1 |
| Oxford | 1 |
| Swansea | 1 |
| Winchester | 5 |
| Detention centres | 0 |
| Total | 249 |