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30 Oct 2007 : Column 1280W—continued
The Border and Immigration Agency also categorise four foreign ports as ‘ports of entry’ where we station offshore border controls. The number of illegal immigrants detected at these ports is as follows.
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Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were seized as stowaways in trucks in each of the last five years. [161838]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was raised from fines of drivers of vehicles carrying stowaways in each year since the inception of such fines. [161839]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigrants: Criminal Records
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many escapes there were from immigration detention centres in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many of those who escaped had criminal records; what categories of crimes they had committed; how many of them remain at large; how many of them who were recaptured had committed crimes while on the run; and what those crimes were. [154935]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 10 September 2007]: I am advised by officials that over the last 10 years the Border and Immigration Agency has overseen the removal of 501,600 people. The information readily available shows that 348 individuals have escaped in the detention process.
Information on whether the individuals concerned had criminal records and for what categories of crime, the number of individuals remaining at large and whether any crimes have been committed by the individuals concerned is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Immigration
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral answer of 15 October 2007, Official Report, column 548, on inward migration, how many and what percentage of migrants to the UK were (a) EEA nationals, (b) non-EEA nationals, (c) dependants and (d) students in each of the last five years. [161727]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration Controls
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers were located at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports on 30 August (i) 2007, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2004, (v) 2003, (vi) 2002 and (vii) 2001; and if she will make a statement. [155533]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent submissions she has received on UK embarkation controls; and if she will make a statement. [161385]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration Officers
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 800 new immigration officers have been (a) appointed and (b) seconded from the police service; and if she will make a statement. [113924]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to my hon. Friend.
Immigration Officers: Airports
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent immigration officers have been employed screening incoming passengers at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Stansted in each of the last 12 months. [156186]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets are set for maximum waiting times at (a) EU and (b) non-EU immigration desks at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Stansted and (iii) Gatwick; and what performance was achieved against these targets in the most recent period for which figures are available. [156185]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Immigration Officers: Police
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to Question 113924, on immigration officers, tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 5 January 2007 for answer on 9 January 2007. [161333]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to my hon. Friend.
Immigration Service
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what bonus payments were made to officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years; how much each such payment was worth; and what the total was of such payments. [102388]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Immigration: EC Countries
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies her Department has conducted into the (a) potential effects of the impending transition of Schengen area EU states including Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on border control systems of nations such as Ukraine and (b) knock-on impact on UK immigration policy. [161199]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of the impending transition of Schengen area EU states including Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on the unskilled and semi-skilled sectors of the UK labour markets. [161200]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration: France
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of levels of migration to the UK by individuals from French overseas departments and former French colonies since 2002. [161201]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration: Heathrow Airport
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal 1 in the first six months of 2007. [161639]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal 3 in the first six months of 2007. [161640]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal 2 in the first six months of 2007. [161641]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal 4 in the first six months of 2007. [161642]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration: Gatwick Airport
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Gatwick South Terminal in the first six months of 2007. [161643]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Woking dated 29 March 2007 regarding Mr. Evans, ref. N7737/7. [148492]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 9 July 2007]: I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to (a) the letter to her predecessor from the hon. Member for Woking dated 29 March 2007 regarding Mr. Evans N7737/7 (148492) and (b) Question 148492 tabled by the hon. Member for Woking on 4 July 2007 on the same subject. [159096]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to the correspondence of 9 October 2007 from the hon. Member for Nottingham North on the report by Lord Stevens on “A commentary on the crime situation in Nottingham: celebrating success”; and if she will make a statement. [159342]
Mr. Coaker: I will write to my hon. Friend.
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to the letter of 25 September from the hon. Member for Walsall, North on a constituent, ref: B26912/7. [161601]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to the letter of 26 September from the hon. Member for Walsall, North on a constituent, ref: M19351/7. [161602]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Merseyside Police: Modernisation
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received on the compatibility of aspects of the restructuring of the Merseyside police with the framework laid down by her workforce modernisation agenda. [161154]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to my right hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Muktar Ibrahim
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Prime Minister’s oral answer to the hon. Member for North-West Norfolk (Mr. Bellingham) on 11 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1437-38W, on Muktar Ibrahim, (1) what the basis was for her statement that Muktar Ibrahim’s successful application for citizenship and the wiping off of his offences as a juvenile would not happen now; and to what statutory provisions she was making reference; [150410]
(2) what the legislative basis was for her statement that Muktar Ibrahim would have been deported from this country under new laws; and to what statutory provisions she was making reference. [150411]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to question 150410, on Muktar Ibrahim, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford on 12 July. [156981]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to written question 150411, on Muktar Ibrahim, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford on 12 July. [156982]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
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