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Mr. Marlow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who absconded in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [14016]
Mr. Kirkhope: The information requested is not available.
Prisoner Danny McNamee (Inquiries)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what explanation he has requested from the Director General of the Prison Service for the
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injuries to prisoner Danny McNamee shown in police photographs taken on 13 September 1994; and if he will make a statement. [13422]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 30 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.
Letter from Dr. Mike Longfield to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 3 February 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent question about what explanation has been requested for the injuries to Mr. McNamee shown in police photographs taken on 13 September 1994.
Ms Ruddock:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the (a) White Papers, (b) Green Papers, (c) consultation papers, (d) draft regulations and (e) circulars, for which his Department has been responsible issued in 1996 which his Department assesses could give rise, (i) directly and (ii) indirectly, to significant environmental effects. [12701]
Mr. Howard
[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The work of the Home Office has no significant environmental impact.
Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what medical facilities are currently available to Roisin McAliskey at HMP Holloway; and to which hospital she will be taken for her confinement. [13294]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 29 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.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 3 February 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the medical facilities available to Roisin McAliskey at Holloway, and the hospital to which she will be taken for her confinement.
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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Letter from S. G. Norris to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 3 February 1997:
Dr. Lynne Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained under Immigration Act powers in the United Kingdom were held in detention at the end of (i) October, (ii) November and (iii) December; in which establishments were they held; what were their (a) nationalities and (b) gender; and how many were deported and from which establishments. [12323]
Mr. Kirkhope:
The available information on persons in detention is given in the tables. The numbers of persons who had been detained at any time and subsequently removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process were 47 in October and 69 in November 1996. These figures are provisional and include persons departing voluntarily after deportation action had been initiated, but exclude persons removed as illegal entrants or under port refusal procedures. A corresponding figure for December 1996 is not yet available. An analysis of the deportation data, showing where the person had been detained, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The allegation of assault upon Mr. McNamee was referred to the Cambridgeshire Constabulary on 14 September. I understand that, on 8 June 1995, Mr. McNamee's solicitors were advised by the police the CPS would not be proceeding with any prosecution on the grounds there was insufficient evidence in order for there to be a realistic proposal of a conviction.
Mr. Barnes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions have been placed on the receipt of printed material by Roisin McAliskey in Holloway prison; and if he will make a statement. [13252]
Nursing staff are available at Holloway 24 hours a day. Ms McAliskey is seen daily by a qualified midwife and a qualified nurse. A doctor is available 13 hours a day and is 'on call' for the remainder. She has also been seen, on a number of occasions by a gynaecologist.
I am afraid that, for security reasons, I cannot say where Ms McAliskey will be taken for her confinement.
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the restrictions on the receipt of printed material by Roisin McAliskey in Holloway prison.
In common with all high security prisoners, Ms McAliskey must receive all her newspapers, periodicals and magazines direct from publishers, newsagents or booksellers either at the order of relatives or friends or by payment from her private cash or prison pay. She may receive books direct from relatives or friends.
| 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Establishment | 31 October | 30 November | 31 December |
| Prison Service establishments in England and Wales(8) | |||
| Belmarsh | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Birmingham | 23 | 20 | 18 |
| Bristol | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Brixton | 15 | 11 | 10 |
| Canterbury | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Exeter | 4 | 3 | -- |
| Feltham | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Haslar | 135 | 131 | 129 |
| High Down | 30 | 28 | 23 |
| Holloway | 19 | 23 | 25 |
| Leeds | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Manchester | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Pentonville | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Rochester | 190 | 186 | 183 |
| Wandsworth | 17 | 12 | 7 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | 25 | 13 | 15 |
| Others | 21 | 18 | 20 |
| 526 | 493 | 469 | |
| Immigration Service detention centres | |||
| Campsfield House | 195 | 189 | 194 |
| Dover Harbour Board | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| Gatwick Meadvale | 45 | 45 | 44 |
| Harmondsworth | 87 | 89 | 90 |
| Harwick | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Heathrow Queen's Building | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Manchester Airport | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| Tinsley House | 136 | 139 | 132 |
| 495 | 500 | 489 | |
| Total | 1,021 | 993 | 958 |
(7) Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete.
(8) Data are provisional.
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| 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | 31 October | 30 November | 31 December |
| European Economic Area | |||
| Austria | -- | -- | -- |
| Belgium | -- | -- | -- |
| Denmark | -- | -- | -- |
| Finland | -- | -- | -- |
| France | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Iceland | -- | -- | -- |
| Ireland | -- | 1 | -- |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | -- |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Norway | -- | -- | -- |
| Portugal | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Spain | -- | -- | -- |
| Sweden | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Europe | |||
| Bulgaria | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 13 | 27 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malta | -- | -- | -- |
| Poland | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Romania | 19 | 20 | 17 |
| Russia | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Other former USSR | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Switzerland | -- | -- | -- |
| Turkey | 43 | 41 | 39 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Other Europe | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Americas | |||
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Barbados | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | -- | 1 | -- |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chile | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 15 | 10 | 24 |
| Guyana | 1 | -- | -- |
| Jamaica | 45 | 40 | 43 |
| Mexico | -- | -- | -- |
| Peru | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | -- | -- |
| USA | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Other Americas | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Africa | |||
| Algeria | 86 | 95 | 96 |
| Angola | 19 | 14 | 18 |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Ghana | 61 | 56 | 51 |
| Kenya | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Libya | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Mauritius | -- | -- | -- |
| Morocco | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 125 | 133 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Somalia | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| South Africa | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Sudan | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Uganda | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Zaire | 45 | 42 | 40 |
| Zambia | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Other Africa | 54 | 52 | 42 |
| Indian sub-continent | |||
| Bangladesh | 17 | 12 | 11 |
| India | 113 | 122 | 100 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 55 | 49 |
| Middle East | |||
| Iran | 13 | 13 | 9 |
| Iraq | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Israel | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Jordan | -- | -- | 1 |
| Kuwait | -- | -- | -- |
| Lebanon | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | -- | -- | -- |
| Syria | -- | -- | -- |
| Yemen | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Other Middle East | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Remainder of Asia | |||
| China | 40 | 35 | 39 |
| Hong Kong(10) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | -- | -- | -- |
| Japan | -- | -- | -- |
| Malaysia | -- | -- | -- |
| Philippines | -- | -- | -- |
| Singapore | -- | -- | -- |
| South Korea | -- | -- | -- |
| Sri Lanka | 40 | 47 | 29 |
| Taiwan | -- | -- | -- |
| Thailand | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Asia | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Oceania | |||
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Oceania | -- | -- | -- |
| British Overseas citizens | -- | -- | -- |
| Stateless(11) and nationality doubtful | 12 | 22 | 11 |
| All nationalities | 1,028 | 998 | 965 |
| Of whom --males | 934 | 900 | 871 |
| --females | 94 | 98 | 94 |
(9) Excluding persons in police cells and Scottish prisons; data on such persons are incomplete.
(10) Including Hong Kong stateless persons.
(11) Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.
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