Immigration Detainees

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how

PERSONS HELD UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 IN SHARED ACCOMMODATION ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1978
						One in a Cell	Two in a Cell	Three in a Cell	Dormitory
Pentonville		…	…	…	…	—	100	—	—
Birmingham		…	…	…	…	—	—	—	8
Risley	…	…	…	…	…	4	—	—	—
Leeds	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—

It is general policy, wherever possible, to give sympathetic consideration to requests for single accommodation or for particular detainees to share accommodation with others of the same nationality.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants have been recommended for deportation by the courts following conviction for criminal offences: how many

many people who were detained under Immigration Act powers committed, or attempted to commit, suicide while in prison department establishments during the second, third and fourth quarters of 1978;

(2) how many people detained under the Immigration Act powers are known to have caused themselves serious self-inflicted injuries which were regarded as short of attempted suicide while in prison department establishments during the second, third and fourth quarters of 1978.

None committed suicide.I regret that the other information requested is not readily available. The annual returns of prison medical officers on cases of attempted suicide or serious self-inflicted injuries do not differentiate between particular categories of prisoner. A summary of the cases reported to have occurred in 1977 was given in paragraph 214 of the report on the work of the prison department 1977—Cmnd. 7290.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained in prisons under Immigration Act powers were required to share a cell with, respectively, one, two, three or more other people as at 30 September 1978 at (a) Her Majesty's prison, Pentonville, (b) Her Majesty's prison, Win-son Green, (c) Risley remand centre, (d) Her Majesty's prison, Armley, (e) other prisons by name and (f) prison department establishments by name.

I regret that this information is not available for all establishments. The figures for the four prisons named by my hon. Friend as are follows:recommendations have been confirmed during 1976, 1977 and to the latest convenient date; and if he will list them by country of birth.

Records are not kept in a form which would enable completely accurate information on the lines requested to be provided without disproportionate expense. A manual check through records of individual cases has produced the following information:

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Belgium		…	…	…	…	…	4	5	—	—	5	2
Denmark		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	2	—	—	1
France		…	…	…	…	…	34	14	22	6	14	6
Germany		…	…	…	…	…	19	9	19	10	12	7
Italy	…	…	…	…	…	…	41	20	28	7	25	16
Netherlands		…	…	…	…	…	9	1	2	4	4	1
Afghanistan		…	…	…	…	…	3	3	1	—	—	—
Algeria		…	…	…	…	…	27	16	21	13	26	12
Andorra		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Angola		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	—	—
Argentine		…	…	…	…	…	10	7	2	2	6	1
Austria		…	…	…	…	…	5	3	5	3	1	1
Bahrain		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Benin	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	1	—	—
Bolivar		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	2	—
Brazil		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	5	1	6	1
Bulgaria		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Cameroons		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	3	2	1	3
Chile	…	…	…	…	…	…	8	4	12	8	15	6
China		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	2	—	—	—
Colombia		…	…	…	…	…	24	16	21	4	27	23
Costa Rica		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Czechoslovakia			…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Dahomey		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	1	1	—	—
Djibouti		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	2	1
Ecuador		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	1	1	—	—
Egypt		…	…	…	…	…	44	19	67	27	56	20
Ethiopia		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Finland		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	1	1	1
Greece		…	…	…	…	…	9	2	10	4	4	3
Honduras		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	—	—
Hungary		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Indonesia		…	…	…	…	…	3	1	—	1	1	1
Iran	…	…	…	…	…	…	62	15	52	26	51	2
Iraq	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	1	5	2	4	—
Israel	…	…	…	…	…	…	7	5	6	3	8	2
Ivory Coast		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Japan		…	…	…	…	…	4	—	5	3	—	—

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Jordan		…	…	…	…	…	4	2	3	3	3	1
Kuwait		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	1
Lebanon		…	…	…	…	…	4	3	2	1	3	1
Liberia		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	1	1	—
Libya	…	…	…	…	…	…	5	4	11	5	12	3
Liechtenstein		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Madagascar		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Martinique		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Mexico		…	…	…	…	…	3	—	—	—	—	—
Morocco		…	…	…	…	…	24	14	12	9	11	8
Mozambique		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Nicaragua		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	2	1
Norway		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	2	1	2	1
Peru	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	4	3
Philippines		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	3	1	1	3
Poland		…	…	…	…	…	8	3	7	1	5	3
Portugal		…	…	…	…	…	16	6	8	6	5	2
Qatar	…	…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	1	1
Saudi Arabia			…	…	…	…	4	3	4	2	5	4
Somalia		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	1	1	2	1
South Africa			…	…	…	…	4	1	8	3	8	5
Spain	…	…	…	…	…	…	9	6	14	8	13	5
Sudan	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	1	1	1
Sweden		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	2	2	2
Switzerland		…	…	…	…	…	3	1	1	1	5	—
Syria	…	…	…	…	…	…	3	—	2	1	2	1
Thailand		…	…	…	…	…	5	—	12	3	6	1
Tunisia		…	…	…	…	…	5	2	8	5	5	6
Turkey		…	…	…	…	…	48	13	87	58	66	28
United States of America				…	…	…	29	15	24	15	22	17
Uruguay		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	2	—	—	1
Venezuela		…	…	…	…	…	6	2	4	3	10	3
Yemen		…	…	…	…	…	2	1	6	4	5	2
Yugoslavia		…	…	…	…	…	6	2	7	3	4	4
Zaire	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	1	2	1	1	2
Stateless		…	…	…	…	…	4	—	9	3	5	4
Antigua		…	…	…	…	…	2	2	—	—	—	—
Australia		…	…	…	…	…	18	9	19	13	9	8

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Bahamas		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Bangladesh		…	…	…	…	…	23	11	27	22	10	4
Barbados		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	—	—	2	1
Bermuda		…	…	…	…	…	—	1	—	—	—	—
Canada		…	…	…	…	…	8	5	8	2	6	3
Cyprus		…	…	…	…	…	42	16	53	28	54	28
Gambia		…	…	…	…	…	1	2	1	2	1	—
Ghana		…	…	…	…	…	77	36	94	72	97	61
Guyana		…	…	…	…	…	10	3	3	4	9	5
Hong Kong		…	…	…	…	…	11	4	9	6	6	5
India	…	…	…	…	…	…	54	36	60	46	48	33
Jamaica		…	…	…	…	…	7	3	8	2	6	5
Kenya		…	…	…	…	…	13	5	8	7	5	1
Malawi		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	1	1	—	—
Malaysia		…	…	…	…	…	16	5	13	9	6	7
Malta		…	…	…	…	…	8	5	8	9	4	1
Mauritius		…	…	…	…	…	45	30	12	9	12	9
New Zealand			…	…	…	…	6	—	5	5	4	3
Nigeria		…	…	…	…	…	88	41	125	67	107	61
Seychelles		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	3	3
Sierra Leone			…	…	…	…	7	4	6	2	8	1
Singapore		…	…	…	…	…	2	2	—	—	2	2
Rhodesia		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	2	—	3	1
Sri Lanka		…	…	…	…	…	23	15	12	9	9	2
Tanzania		…	…	…	…	…	11	4	3	3	2	2
Trinidad		…	…	…	…	…	5	3	5	3	1	—
West Indies Associated States					…	…	1	1	5	1	3	—
Uganda		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	5	—	—	—
Zambia		…	…	…	…	…	5	—	3	5	—	—
Republic of Ireland				…	…	…	75	28	59	25	38	22
Pakistan		…	…	…	…	…	97	59	74	60	38	29
TOTALS		…	…	…	…	…	1,190	556	1,175	688	980	551
The country which issued the passport is shown in column 1; this may not be the country of birth in all cases.
The number of deportation orders made in any one year does not related directly to the number of recommendations made by the courts in the same year.

Volume 961: debated on Wednesday 24 January 1979