To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were detained under Immigration Act powers (a) overnight, (b) between one night and one month, (c) for a period of more than one month up to two months and (d) for more than two months in (i) Harmondsworth detention centre, (ii) the Queen's building, Heathrow, (iii) Terminal 4, Heathrow, (iv) the Beehive, Gatwick, (v) HM prison Haslar, (vi) HM prison Pentonville, (vii) Campsfield house detention centre, (viii) HM prison Rochester, (ix) HM prison Holloway and (x) other establishments during (1) 1994 and (2) 1995 to the latest date for which information is available; and, of these people, how many in each category were (B) women, (B) children under 18 and (C) men; and what were the names of the establishments in (x); [7423](2) how many people were received into
(a) Prison Department establishments, (b) immigration detention centres and (c) police cells under Immigration Act powers during (i) 1994 and (ii) 1995 to the latest convenient date; how many of these were (1) asylum-seekers or (2) applying to remain on non-asylum grounds, by individual prisons establishment or detention centre; what was the average daily population of persons so detained in each of those years; what was the average length of time spent in detention by persons so detained in each of those years; and what was the nationality of persons so detained for each of those years. [7424]
[holding answer 9 January 1996]: Information on the total numbers of persons detained, analysed by nationality; is given in table 1. The number of detainees received into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales under the Immigration Act 1971 is given in table 2 for 1994 and for January to November 1995. The number is shown by the establishment of initial reception. The average population in 1994, including persons originally received for a criminal offence, was 487. The average for January to November 1995 is 481. A breakdown of receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality is given for 1994 and for January to November 1995 in table 3.
The average period of detention for detainees released in 1994 and in January to November 1995 is provisionally estimated at 21 weeks and 19 weeks respectively. The other information requested is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Table 1: Passengers at ports1, illegal entrants and deportation cases2 detained under Immigration Act powers
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Geographical region and nationality
| 1994
| 1995 January–September3
|
European Economic Area
| ||
Austria | 1 | 1 |
Belgium | 7 | 2 |
Denmark | 1 | — |
Finland | — | — |
France | 28 | 16 |
Germany | 7 | 1 |
Greece | 1 | 2 |
Iceland | — | — |
Ireland | — | — |
Italy | 27 | 15 |
Luxembourg | 3 | — |
Netherlands | 41 | 8 |
Norway | — | — |
Portugal | 32 | 8 |
Spain | 3 | — |
Sweden | 7 | 2 |
Total EEA | 158 | 55 |
Europe
| ||
Bulgaria | 33 | 67 |
Cyprus | 345 | 150 |
Former Czechoslovakia | 59 | 47 |
Hungary | 18 | 15 |
Malta | 1 | 2 |
Poland | 503 | 429 |
Romania | 215 | 224 |
Russia | 53 | 62 |
Other former USSR | 100 | 119 |
Switzerland | 3 | 5 |
Turkey | 543 | 283 |
Former Yugoslavia | 124 | 190 |
Other Europe | 58 | 59 |
Total Europe | 2,055 | 1,652 |
Americas
| ||
Argentina | 8 | 6 |
Barbados | 15 | 16 |
Brazil | 109 | 85 |
Canada | 26 | 23 |
Chile | 13 | 6 |
Colombia | 212 | 135 |
Guyana | 33 | 26 |
Jamaica | 411 | 325 |
Mexico | 16 | 10 |
Peru | 43 | 33 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 30 | 17 |
USA | 115 | 80 |
Venezuela | 16 | 10 |
Other Americas | 200 | 199 |
Total Americas | 1,247 | 971 |
frica
| ||
Algeria | 542 | 314 |
Angola | 93 | 43 |
Egypt | 25 | 15 |
Ethiopia | 57 | 24 |
Ghana | 865 | 431 |
Kenya | 195 | 131 |
Libya | 23 | 16 |
Mauritius | 40 | 32 |
Morocco | 105 | 44 |
Table 1: Passengers at ports1, illegal entrants and deportation cases2 detained under Immigration Act powers
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Geographical region and nationality
| 1994
| 1995 January-September3
|
Nigeria | 1,633 | 985 |
Sierra Leone | 319 | 45 |
Somalia | 111 | 64 |
South Africa | 108 | 70 |
Sudan | 35 | 17 |
Tanzania | 89 | 77 |
Tunisia | 30 | 10 |
Uganda | 65 | 32 |
Zaire | 190 | 101 |
Zambia | 37 | 35 |
Zimbabwe | 55 | 46 |
Other Africa | 684 | 386 |
Total Africa | 5,301 | 2,918 |
Asia
| ||
Indian sub-continent | ||
Bangladesh | 311 | 228 |
India | 827 | 616 |
Pakistan | 566 | 390 |
Total Indian sub-continent | 1,704 | 1,234 |
Middle East
| ||
Iran | 48 | 59 |
Iraq | 43 | 38 |
Israel | 34 | 21 |
Jordan | 11 | 1 |
Kuwait | — | — |
Lebanon | 21 | 14 |
Saudi Arabia | — | 1 |
Syria | 6 | 3 |
Yemen | 3 | 1 |
Other Middle East | 8 | 8 |
Total Middle East | 174 | 146 |
Remainder of Asia
| ||
China | 172 | 371 |
Hong Kong4 | 33 | 30 |
Indonesia | 6 | 4 |
Japan | 30 | 11 |
Malaysia | 112 | 130 |
Phillippines | 58 | 10 |
Singapore | 8 | 7 |
South Korea | 13 | 14 |
Sri Lanka | 279 | 147 |
Taiwan | 1 | 3 |
Thailand | 26 | 18 |
Other Asia | 58 | 35 |
Total Remainder of Asia | 796 | 780 |
Oceania
| ||
Australia | 21 | 17 |
New Zealand | 4 | 5 |
Other Oceania | 2 | 2 |
Total Oceania | 27 | 24 |
British Overseas citizens | 16 | 10 |
Stateless5 | 568 | 450 |
All Nationalities | 12,046 | 8,240 |
1 Passengers detained overnight or longer.2 Excluding persons detained pending deportation following completion of a custodial sentence. | ||
3 Data for 1995 are provisional. | ||
4 Includes Hong Kong stateless persons. | ||
5 Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons. |
Table 2: Receptions of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales: by establishment 1994 and January-November 1995
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Number of Persons 1 2
| ||
Establishment
| 1994
| 1 January–30 November 1995
|
Remand Centres
| ||
Blakenhurst | 36 | 3 |
Brinsford | 15 | 11 |
Dorchester | 13 | 2 |
Exeter | 12 | 11 |
Feltham | 10 | 16 |
Glen Parva | 1 | 1 |
Haslar | 462 | 412 |
Moorland | 1 | — |
Northallerton | 1 | — |
Lancaster Farms | 2 | — |
Local Prisons
| ||
Bedford | 1 | 3 |
Belmarsh | 22 | 26 |
Birmingham | 218 | 226 |
Bristol | 24 | 42 |
Brixton | 71 | 68 |
Bullingdon | 5 | 3 |
Canterbury | 52 | 9 |
Cardiff | 6 | 4 |
Chelmesford | 12 | 1 |
Doncaster | 1 | 3 |
Dover | 36 | — |
Durham | 9 | 4 |
Elmley | 24 | 1 |
Gloucester | 6 | 1 |
Highdown | 40 | 26 |
Hindley | 7 | 12 |
Holloway | 34 | 45 |
Holme House | 10 | 2 |
Hull | 14 | 2 |
Leeds | 20 | 27 |
Leicester | — | 4 |
Lewes | 2 | 3 |
Lincoln | 2 | 5 |
Liverpool | 23 | 13 |
Manchester | 88 | 45 |
Norwich | 19 | 2 |
New Hall | — | 2 |
Pentonville | 62 | 21 |
Preston | 1 | 1 |
Reading | 3 | — |
Risley | 8 | 2 |
Rochester | 122 | 512 |
Shrewsbury | 6 | — |
Swansea | 7 | — |
Wandsworth | 35 | 24 |
Winchester | 10 | — |
Wolds | 8 | 11 |
Wood Hill | 1 | 3 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 44 | 74 |
Closed training prisons
| ||
Dartmoor | — | 1 |
Establishment not recorded | 2 | 2 |
Nationality not recorded/other | 33 | 25 |
All Establishments | 1,641 | 1,711 |
1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. | ||
2 Provisional figures. |
Table 3: Receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality, 1994 and January to November 1995
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Number of Persons 1, 2
| ||
Nationality
| 1994
| 1 January to 30 November 1995
|
Afghanistan | — | 3 |
Albania | 7 | 9 |
Algeria | 15 | 124 |
Angola | 24 | 21 |
Anguilla | 2 | — |
Argentina | 2 | 1 |
Ascensioni Island | 1 | — |
Austria | — | 1 |
Australia | — | 3 |
Bangladesh | 38 | 53 |
Benin | — | 2 |
Barbados | 3 | 1 |
Belgium | 1 | — |
Bolivia | — | 1 |
Bosnia-Herzogovina | 1 | — |
Brazil | 1 | 7 |
Bulgaria | 3 | 7 |
Burkina Faso | — | 2 |
Cameroon, United Republic of | 6 | 5 |
Canada | 4 | — |
Chad | 1 | — |
Chile | 2 | 1 |
China | 18 | 79 |
Colombia | 7 | 9 |
Congo | — | 2 |
Cyprus | 15 | 8 |
Czech Republic | 4 | 4 |
Denmark | 1 | |
Dominica | 1 | 1 |
Djibouti | 1 | — |
Egypt | 7 | 4 |
Ethiopia | 7 | 5 |
Equador | — | 4 |
Estonia | — | 1 |
Fiji | — | 1 |
Finland | — | 1 |
France | 7 | 7 |
French Southern Territories | 1 | 1 |
Gambia | 7 | 39 |
Georgia | — | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 5 |
Ghana | 124 | 79 |
Greece | — | 4 |
Guyana | 2 | 2 |
Haiti | 1 | — |
Hong Kong | 4 | 5 |
Hungary | 2 | — |
India | 281 | 294 |
Indonesia | — | 2 |
Iran | 11 | 13 |
Irish Republic | 4 | 2 |
Indian Ocean Territories | 1 | — |
Israel | 3 | 2 |
Iraq | 4 | 10 |
Italy | 4 | 8 |
Ivory Coast | 17 | 2 |
Jamaica | 58 | 83 |
Japan | 1 | — |
Jordan | 2 | — |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 |
Kenya | 13 | 9 |
Laos Peoples Democratic | — | 1 |
Republic | ||
Lebanon | 6 | 2 |
Liberia | 19 | 21 |
Libya | 12 | 3 |
Lithuania | 1 | 2 |
Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
Maldives | — | 1 |
Mali | 2 | — |
Moldova | 1 | — |
Morocco | 19 | 13 |
Mauritius | 1 | 2 |
Table 3: Receptions into Prison Service establishments by nationality, 1994 and January to November 1995
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Number of persons1 2
| ||
Nationality
| 1994
| 1 January to 30 November 1995
|
Malawi | 1 | — |
Mozambique | 4 | 1 |
Netherlands | 7 | 5 |
Netherland Antillies | 1 | — |
Nepal | 4 | 1 |
Nicaragua | — | 1 |
Niger | 4 | 1 |
Nigeria | 237 | 235 |
Pakistan | 100 | 106 |
Peru | — | 9 |
Philippines | — | 1 |
Poland | 14 | 14 |
Portugal | 7 | 1 |
Romania | 26 | 71 |
Russia | 9 | 15 |
Rwanda | 2 | 8 |
Senegal | — | 2 |
Serbia | — | 1 |
Singapore | 1 | 1 |
Sierre Leone | 21 | 14 |
Slovakia | 1 | — |
Somalia | 8 | 11 |
South Africa | 14 | 14 |
Spain | 2 | 5 |
Sri Lanka | 25 | 28 |
St. Lucia | 1 | 1 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | — | 1 |
Sudan | 8 | 4 |
Taiwan | — | 1 |
Tajikistan | — | 1 |
Tanzania | 6 | 5 |
Toga | 1 | 2 |
Tonga | 1 | — |
Thailand | 1 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 3 |
Tunisia | 5 | 1 |
Turkey | 104 | 53 |
Uganda | 1 | 11 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | — |
United States of America | 3 | 11 |
Venezuela | — | 1 |
Vietnam | 1 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 13 | 33 |
Zambia | 5 | 4 |
Zaire | 38 | 22 |
Zimbabwe | 5 | 3 |
Nationality not recorded/other | 35 | 27 |
All | 1,641 | 1,711 |
1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. | ||
2 Provisional figures. |