To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been housed in (a) Greater London, (b) the London borough of Hillingdon and (c) Uxbridge constituency in each of the last seven years. (46604)

The number of asylum seekers supported by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) is published on a quarterly and annual basis, broken down by Government office region and local authority; this is available from December 2002. The latest publication covering the first quarter of 2006 and historic publications are available on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html. Data on asylum seekers supported by NASS broken down by parliamentary constituency are also available from the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been given indefinite leave to remain having served a prison sentence for a non-political crime outside the UK in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. (75364)

The Immigration and Nationality Directorate does not currently record the information requested.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers have been returned to Iran in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (75885)

Information on the destination of asylum removals has only been recorded since the start of 2004. The latest published information on removal of asylum seekers covers the first quarter of 2006. The number of principal asylum applicants, excluding dependants, removed to Iran, was 220 in 2004, 350 in 2005, and 95 in the first quarter of 2006.

These figures include people departing voluntarily after enforcement action has been initiated against them and people leaving under Assisted Voluntary Returns programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration. Since 2005 removal figures will include those who it is established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five. Information on removals of asylum seekers for the second quarter of 2006 will be published later this year on the Home Office website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers that have yet to be deported reside in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Peterborough city council area. (77922)

The information requested is not readily available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers there are in (a) Peterborough constituency, (b) Peterborough city council area and (c) the East of England. (77926)

Statistics on the location of asylum seekers in the UK are linked to the available information on the support that the asylum seeker receives. The number of asylum seekers supported by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) is published on a quarterly and annual basis, broken down by Government Office region and local authority. The most recent publication covering the first quarter of 2006, and further historical publications are available on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

Data on asylum seekers supported by NASS broken down by parliamentary constituency are also available from the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time was after the 18th birthday of a person who arrived as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child for them to receive an interview for discretionary leave to remain in the last period for which figures are available. (78421)

There are no published statistics for the length of time to interview unaccompanied asylum seeking children after their 18th birthday.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons granted bail by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal have committed offences while on bail in each of the last five years. (76198)

The information is not collected centrally and therefore would be available only at a disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last 10 years. (76349)

Statistics on persons granted settlement in the United Kingdom since 1994 were published in Table 5.3 of the annual Command Paper “Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2004”. Copies are available from the Library of the House and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

The 2005 edition is due to be published on 22 August 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has received concerning the whereabouts of asylum detainees who escaped from the Yarl’s Wood detention centre on 14 February 2002; and if he will make a statement. (73925)

Many records were burnt or destroyed on the night of the fire and, to the best of our knowledge, the following figures are correct. Of the 23 escapees 16 have been relocated. Of these, nine have been removed, four re-detained (three of whom were subsequently released), one reported to Croydon Enforcement Unit voluntarily and was released and two were granted temporary release. The whereabouts of seven remain unknown. Decisions on the 16 were made in line with the casework criteria as it applies to their individual circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees who escaped from the Yarl’s Wood detention centre on 14 February 2002 have been deported. (73927)

Of the 23 detainees who escaped from Yarl’s Wood on 14 February 2002, nine have been removed from the United Kingdom.