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Immigration (Detention and Deportation)
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported under Immigration Act powers from the United Kingdom in (i) October, (ii) November and (iii) December; and what were their nationalities. [12328]
Mr. Kirkhope: The information requested for October 1996 is given in the table. Reliable information for subsequent months is not yet available.
| Nationality | October 1996(17) |
|---|---|
| European Economic Area | |
| Italy | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Other Europe | |
| Bulgaria | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Malta | 1 |
| Poland | 5 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Other former USSR | 5 |
| Turkey | 5 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 8 |
| Americas | |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Colombia | 3 |
| Jamaica | 8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| USA | 3 |
| Venezuela | 1 |
| Other Americas | 4 |
| Africa | |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Angola | 1 |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Ghana | 12 |
| Kenya | 1 |
| Morocco | 2 |
| Nigeria | 19 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Tanzania | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2 |
| Uganda | 1 |
| Zambia | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 |
| Other Africa | 10 |
| Indian sub-continent | |
| Bangladesh | 5 |
| India | 16 |
| Pakistan | 15 |
| Middle East | |
| Lebanon | 1 |
| Remainder of Asia | |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
| Singapore | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Oceania | |
| New Zealand | 2 |
| Not known | 4 |
| All nationalities | 169 |
(15) Including voluntary departures after deportation action had been initiated.
(16) Excluding illegal entrants removed.
(17) Provisional data.
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Dr. Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who had completed their prison sentences were detained further under Immigration Act powers; and for how long each was detained in each of the last three years. [12331]
Mr. Kirkhope: The information requested is not available centrally.
Dr. Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who were convicted of a criminal offence, punishable by a person sentence, but not served with a deportation order as part of the sentence, were at a later date served with a notice of deportation in each of the last three years. [12329]
Mr. Kirkhope: The total numbers of notices of intention to deport issued in respect of a convicted criminal on the grounds that the person's continued presence in the United Kingdom was not conducive to the public good, were 125 in 1994, 79 in 1995, and 80--provisional figure--in the period January to September 1996. Data for the whole of 1996 are not yet available. Separate data on those criminals who had served a prison sentence, and those who had not, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Marchioness Inquiry
Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the cost to date of transcribing the proceedings of the reconvened inquest into the victims of the Marchioness disaster and (b) the charge that is made to a (i) relative and (ii) other interested party to (1) peruse the transcript and (2) purchase a copy. [12414]
Mr. Sackville: I understand that the cost of typing the transcription was £6,000. Under the present rules the charge for supplying a copy to an interested person, including relatives, would be £2,400. There is no charge for inspecting relevant documents.
Gambling
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has commissioned on the incidence of addictive gambling in (a) adults and (b) young people under 16 since the introduction of the national lottery. [12468]
Mr. Kirkhope: The Home Office has not commissioned primary research, but in September 1996 we published a report, "The Social Implications of Casino
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Gambling". This examined international experience in casino regulation and problem gambling. I have placed a copy in the Library.
Our second consultation paper on casino deregulation, issued on 18 November 1996, commented further on the social implications of casino gambling.
Prisoners (Restraints)
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make a statement on his policy with regard to the chaining of a prisoner to an inanimate object; [11932]
- (2) if he will list the circumstances under which restraints may be removed from a prisoner; [11933]
(3) if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of the use of mechanical restraints on prisoners receiving hospital care; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued by the Prison Service; [11934]
(4) if he will arrange for a copy of the report of the Prison Service's inquiry into the death of Geoffrey Thomas to be placed in the Library; [11935]
(5) what is the current timetable for revising the security manual in respect of new guidelines for restraining prisoners receiving hospital care; and if he will list the major changes. [11931]
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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Ron Davies, dated 27 January 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about the use of restraints on prisoners in hospital and the report on the death of Geoffrey Thomas.
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Mr. MacShane:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of Hong Kong on the entry into Britain of Hong Kong residents whose status is uncertain after 1 July; and if he will make a statement. [12158]
Mr. Kirkhope:
My right hon. and learned Friend last met the Governor of Hong Kong on 9 January, for discussion of current issues of mutual concern.
Mr. Porter:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy in respect of building a top-security unit at Woodhill prison, Milton Keynes; how much has been budgeted for the prison unit and for fixtures and fittings; and if he will make a statement.[11187]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 21 January 1997]: 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.
Current instructions are that a prisoner will be chained to an inanimate object only in the circumstances set out in paragraph 60.18 of the Manual of Security. This states:
"Unless the doctor (or midwife where relevant) objects for medical reasons, an escort chain should be used to secure the prisoner by one wrist, preferably to an officer, on to an item of furniture if the officer needs to be free to cover an exit."
This advise applies only to those prisoners whom the governor judges to require restraint under the criteria set out in the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament on 18 January 1996. A copy is attached.
The circumstances in which restraints may be removed from (or not applied to) a prisoner are set out in paragraphs 5.3.4-6, 53.16, 59.11, 59.17, 59.18 and 60.18 of the Manual on Security, a copy is in the Library.
The policy in respect of the use of mechanical restraints on prisoners receiving hospital care is set out in the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament of 18 January. (I attach a copy of the subsequent instruction issued by the Director of Security and Programmes on 19 January 1996).
You asked if a copy of the report of our inquiry into the death of Geoffrey Thomas will be placed in the Library. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the physical restraint of Geoffrey Thomas in a hospice in Cardiff is nearly complete. The conclusions and any recommendations for changes in practices will be urgently considered. It would be premature to anticipate the outcome of this review in advance of decisions yet to be taken.
It is not normal Prison Service practice for a report of an internal inquiry to be published. Therefore there are no plans to place a copy of the report in the Library.
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