To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average time taken by him to determine an application by a person with limited leave under the Immigration Act 1971 to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for further leave in each of the last five years. [81462]
Excluding asylum-related cases, the average time taken to decide applications for further leave to remain to remain was:
| Year | Days |
| 1994 | 43 |
| 1995 | 45 |
| 1996 | 45 |
| 1997 | 46 |
| 1998 | 49 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were detained under the authority of an immigration officer under paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last five years; and how many of such persons were detained for (a) more than one week and (b) more than one month. [81464]
The information requested is only available at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many directions have been given under (a) paragraph 8(1)(a) and (b) and (b) paragraph 8(1)(c) of Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last five years; [81466](2) how many cases he has referred to
(a) an adjudicator and (b) an appeal tribunal under the provisions of section 21 of the Immigration Act 1971; and in how many such cases he has subsequently varied a decision in favour of an appellant. [81468]
I regret that the information requested is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were (a) charged and (b) convicted of offences under section 26(1)(d) and (g) of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last five years. [81471]
Data on the number of people charged by offence are not collected centrally.Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on the number of convictions by offence is given in the table.
| Number of persons convicted at all courts for offences1 under sections 26(1)(d) and 26(1)(g) of the Immigration Act 1971, England and Wales, 1993–97 | ||
| Offence | ||
| Section 26(1)(d) | Section(1)(g) | |
| 1993 | 3 | — |
| 1994 | 8 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | — |
| 1997 | 3 | — |
| 1Principal immigration offence | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons appealed against the destination specified in directions for their removal following refusal of leave to enter under section 17(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last five years; and how many of such appeals were allowed. [81473]
The available information is that, in 1993, two appeals against the destination specified in directions for their removal following refusal of leave to enter under section 17(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 were heard, neither of which were allowed; in 1994, eight were heard, none of which were allowed and in 1996 two were heard with none allowed. No such appeals were heard in 1995 and 1996.I regret that information on how many appeals in this category were lodged is not centrally recorded and could be obtained only by examination of individual case records.