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Immigration

Volume 977: debated on Wednesday 30 January 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders were (a) made and (b) enforced under sections 3(5)(a), (b) and (c) and 3(6), respectively under the Immi- gration Act 1971 during the third and fourth quarters of 1979; and how many decisions to deport were made during the same periods.

The information is as follows:

THIRD QUARTER 1979
Immigration Act 1971 SectionsDeportation Orders madeDeportation Orders enforced
3(5)(a)12362
3(5)(b)3717
3(5)(c)1
3(6)186151
FOURTH QUARTER 1979
Immigration Act 1971 SectionsDeportation Orders madeDeportation Orders enforced
3(5)(a)9948
3(5)(b)1830
3(5)(c)1
3(6)123117
238 decisions to deport were taken during the 3rd quarter of 1979 and 261 during the 4th quarter of 1979.There is no direct relationship in any given period between the number of decisions to deport, the number of deportation orders made and the number of deportation orders enforced.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the latest numbers of immigrants entering the United Kingdom over the latest recorded quarter and the origin of entry of those immigrants.

Acceptances for settlement on arrival, up to the third quarter of 1979, were published by broad citizenship/nationality groups in table II of Home Office Bulletin Issue No. 12/79 "Control of Immigration Statistics—Third Quarter 1979"on 17 December 1979, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. A detailed breakdown by citizenship of acceptances on arrival of Commonwealth citizens in the third quarter is included in the more detailed table—"Control of Immigration Statistics: table 5.1Q"—placed on the same day in the Library of the House.