asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people treated as illegal entrants during 1984 were granted temporary admission; and how many of these absconded.

Figures relating to illegal entrants detected during 1984 and the way in which they were dealt with are given in table 19 of the "Control of Immigration: Statistics 1984" (Cmnd. 9544). Of the illegal entrants temporarily released during 1984 17 absconded.