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Mr. Whitehead
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iranian nationals have been convicted of drug offences involving heroin in the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979, respectively; how many were apprehended at the port of entry; and how many subsequently were deported.
Mr. Whitelaw
The information available is given in the following table. The remainder of the information requested is not readily available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| TABLE | ||||
| IRANIAN NATIONALS CONVICTED OF AND APPREHENDED AT PORT OF ENTRY FOR OFFENCES INVOLVING HEROIN | ||||
| UNITED KINGDOM | ||||
| Year | Total convicted | Number of persons Apprehended by Customs and Excise at port of entry† | ||
| 1974 | … | … | 5 | * |
| 1975 | … | … | 6 | — |
| 1976 | … | … | 30 | 1 |
| 1977 | … | … | 13 | 6 |
| 1978 | … | … | 28 | 3 |
| 1979 | … | … | * | 30 |
| * Not available. | ||||
| † Persons apprehended may be convicted in a later year. | ||||