Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

: I welcome the Minister’s comments on the need to get tough on deporting those whose applications have failed and who are in the country illegally. The other day, I asked his Department a written question: how many people in this country are awaiting deportation owing to failed asylum and immigration applications? The Department’s answer was that that information was not available. Is that not the problem? The Government have not got a grip on illegal immigration.