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Dispersal Prisons
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many hours of enhanced training staff in each dispersal prison have undergone in each year since 1990; and how many hours are planned in the next four financial years; [37732]
- (2) how many hours of training staff in each dispersal prison have undergone in each year since 1990; and how many hours are planned in the next four financial years. [37730]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from David Scott to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Questions about the number of hours training undertaken by staff in dispersals.
Training figures for the years in question are not held centrally. I will write to you as soon as they are available.
Deportation
Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were recommended for deportation with no custodial sentence
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during (a) 1995 and (b) 1996 to the latest convenient date; and in how many such cases the courts directed release (i) subject to conditions and (ii) without conditions; [38081]
- (2) how many decisions to make a deportation order, by nationality of the potential deportee, where there is a right of appeal as provided under (a) section 5 of the Immigration Act 1988 or (b) section 8(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 have been made in each quarter since 1 July 1994; and on what basis these decisions have been made; [38059]
(3) how many people were received into (i) prison department establishments, (ii) immigration detention centres or (iii) police cells under Immigration Act powers during (a) 1995 and (b) 1996 to the latest convenient date; how many of these were (1) asylum seekers and (2) applying to remain on non-asylum grounds, by individual prison 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 if he will give a breakdown by nationality of persons so detained for each of those years; [38082]
(4) how many persons were detained under Immigration Act powers for a period of more than two months on completion of a custodial sentence during 1995 and 1996 to the latest convenient date. [38080]
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Mr. Kirkhope: I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) decisions to deport have been made, (b) deportation orders have been signed and (c) deportation orders have been enforced against (i) British overseas citizens and (ii) other British nationals who are not British citizens, in each year since 1994; to which countries it has been proposed to send these people; and how many such people whom decisions to deport were made left the country voluntarily. [38076]
Mr. Kirkhope: The information available is given in the table. Statistics are not available on the countries to which British nationals have been removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process. The British nationals removed in 1994-96 were British dependent territories citizens or British nationals (overseas) from Hong Kong, except for one British dependent territories citizen from St. Helena in 1994 and 1 BDTC--territory not recorded--in 1995.
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 January to March(63) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| British overseas citizens | |||
| Notices of intention to deport issued and court recommendations for deportation made | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Deportation orders made | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Deportation orders enforced | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Supervised departures | -- | -- | 1 |
| Voluntary departures | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Other British nationals(64) | |||
| Notices of intention to deport issued and court recommendations for deportation made | 77 | 61 | 13 |
| Deportation orders made | 22 | 23 | 3 |
| Deportation orders enforced | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Supervised departures | 16 | 19 | 4 |
| Voluntary departures | 9 | 5 | 1 |
(63) Provisional figures.
(64) British Dependent Territories Citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), British Subjects and British Protected Persons.
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Immigration
Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of (a) Jamaica, (b) Turkey, (c) Morocco, (d) the USA, (e) Australia, (f) Malaysia, (g) Hong Kong, (h) Guyana, (i) Trinidad, (j) Colombia and (K) Algeria were (i) granted and (ii) refused permission to enter the United Kingdom at ports of entry in each quarter since January 1995 and in total, to the nearest available data. [38065]
Mr. Kirkhope: The information requested is given in the table.
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| Nationality | 1st quarter 1995 | 2nd quarter 1995 | 3rd quarter 1995 | 4th quarter 1995 | Year 1995 | 1st quarter 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions | Refused and removed | Admissions | Refused and removed | Admissions | Refused and removed | Admissions | Refused and removed | Admissions | Refused and removed | Admissions | Refused and removed | |
| Jamaica | 4,500 | 80 | 6,640 | 104 | 8,940 | 101 | 5,450 | 278 | 25,500 | 563 | 5,000 | 188 |
| Turkey | 19,600 | 27 | 21,700 | 42 | 31,300 | 67 | 24,800 | 107 | 97,400 | 243 | 24,000 | 65 |
| Morocco | 4,090 | 14 | 4,540 | 24 | 6,750 | 38 | 3,900 | 64 | 19,300 | 140 | 3,640 | 37 |
| USA | 587,000 | 236 | 940,000 | 230 | 1,030,000 | 227 | 674,000 | 316 | 3,230,000 | 1,009 | 641,000 | 256 |
| Australia | 87,000 | 81 | 158,000 | 113 | 179,000 | 104 | 119,000 | 147 | 543,000 | 445 | 95,000 | 93 |
| Malaysia | 21,900 | 78 | 37,000 | 105 | 51,200 | 128 | 38,418 | 86 | 149,000 | 397 | 29,300 | 155 |
| Hong Kong(66) | 20,200 | 12 | 23,000 | 12 | 43,700 | 7 | 16,400 | 16 | 103,000 | 47 | 19,200 | 4 |
| Guyana | 1,010 | 11 | 1,400 | 18 | 1,830 | 8 | 1,170 | 26 | 5,420 | 63 | 1,040 | 47 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2,780 | 16 | 4,150 | 16 | 5,830 | 15 | 3,200 | 32 | 16,000 | 79 | 2,990 | 31 |
| Colombia | 5,090 | 63 | 8,640 | 110 | 10,300 | 69 | 6,850 | 244 | 30,900 | 486 | 5,830 | 120 |
| Algeria | 3,460 | 55 | 4,070 | 73 | 6,170 | 60 | 3,940 | 113 | 17,600 | 301 | 3,920 | 71 |
(65) Rounded figures, numbers of journeys.
(66) Including Hong Kong stateless persons.
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Drugs
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) men and (b) women convicted by the courts of drug offences in England and Wales during 1995. [39225]
Mr. Maclean: Data for 1995 will not be available until the autumn. In 1994, there were 25,264 convictions in England and Wales for males and 2,532 for females, where the principal offence was for a drug offence.
Tobacco Smuggling
Mr. David Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many calls have been received relating to tobacco smuggling on the freephone crime
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stoppers number; and how many prosecutions have been effected as a result of that hotline. [38778]
Mr. Maclean: There were two calls received in 1993, 21 in 1994 and 26 in 1995. Up to 16 July this year, 48 calls have been received, Information on prosecutions is not available centrally.
Buckley Hall Prison
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 July, Official Report, column 446, about prisoners at Buckley Hall prison serving sentences for rape, murder, armed robbery, manslaughter and arson, which of the fires that have occurred at the prison since 14 December 1994 have been caused by prisoners with a sentence for arson. [39231]
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Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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