asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons identified as families arid single persons have been voluntarily repatriated and to which countries, by name, under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the past five years.
The scheme operated under section 29 of the 1971 Act on behalf of the Government by International Social Services of Great Britain provides financial assistance to non-British citizens who wish to return permanently overseas but do not have the means io do so. The available information about persons who have been so assisted in the period 1980 to 1984 is as follows:
1980*
| 1981*
| 1982*
| 1983†
| 1984†
| Total
| |
| Sri Lanka | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| St. Lucia | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| St. Vincent | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Trinidad | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | — | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | 14 |
| Total | 25 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 19 | 167 |
*Shows departures by the year in which they were confirmed to the Home Office by International Social Service of Great Britain. | ||||||
| †Shows departures by number of persons who travelled during that year, as confirmed to the Home Office by International Social Service of Great Britain. | ||||||