To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations for deportation were made by courts in cases where an offender received (a) a community sentence, (b) a sentence of less than four years imprisonment and (c) four years or more imprisonment in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [81475]
Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.
| Number of persons sentenced at all courts to (a) a community sentence and (b) immediate custody where the court also recommended deportation, England and Wales, 1993–97 | |||
| Main disposal Immediate custody by length of sentence: | |||
| Community Sentence1 | Less than 4 years | 4 years or over | |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 187 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 230 |
| 1995 | 1 | 31 | 237 |
| 1996 | 3 | 14 | 276 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 297 |
| 1Includes probation order, supervision order, community service order, attendance centre order, combination order and curfew order (since 1995) | |||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offenders were recommended for deportation by a court following convictions for (a) offences involving the possession or supply of illegal drugs or trafficking in drugs, (b) offences involving violence and (c) sexual offences in the most recent year for which figures are available; [81507](2) how many offenders were recommended for deportation by
(a) a magistrates court and (b) a Crown court in the most recent year for which figures are available. [81506]
Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.
| Number of offenders recommended for deportation by the courts by type of court and type of offence, England and Wales, 1997 | |
| Type of court/offence | Number |
| Court for all offences | |
| Magistrates court | 21 |
| Crown Court | 306 |
Number of offenders recommended for deportation by the courts by type of court and type of offence, England and Wales, 1997
| |
Type of court/offence
| Number
|
Offences
| |
| Offences in relation to the unlawful importation of a controlled drug | 182 |
| Offences in relation to the unlawful exportation of a controlled drug | 2 |
| Production or being concerned in production of a controlled drug | 1 |
| Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug | 7 |
| Having possession of a controlled drug | 3 |
| Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply | 14 |
| Violence against the person offences | 12 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Sexual offences | 10 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation orders have been made against persons as belonging to the family of another under section 3(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 where that other person had been recommended for deportation by a court in each of the last five years. [81474]
The information requested is available only at disproportionate cost.