asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations for deportation were made by the courts in 1979.

1,072.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases during the second half of 1979 his Department has agreed to supervised departures in place of deportation.

Seventeen.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions during each quarter of 1979 he decided to make a deportation order under section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 when a court had convicted a person settled in this country of a criminal offence, but not recommended deportation.

I regret that this information could not be provided without disproportionate expense.