asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons either committed suicide, or attempted to commit suicide, while in detention awaiting removal or deportation under the Immigration Act 1971, during 1979 and to date.
During 1979, none committed suicide. Information on attempted suicide among particular categories of inmates is not centrally recorded.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently detained under Immigration Act powers at (a) Her Majesty's prison, Pentonville, (b) Her Majesty's prison, Winson Green, (c) Her Majesty's remand centre, Risley, (d) other prisons, by name and (e) prison department detention centres, by name.
On 30 November 1979, the number of persons held under the provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 in prison department establishments in England and Wales was as follows:
| Males | Females | ||
| Ashford RC | 8 | Holloway | 14 |
| Bedford | 2 | Risley RC | 1 |
| Birmingham | 16 | Total females | 15 |
| Canterbury | 2 | ||
| Dorchester | 1 | ||
| Durham | 1 | ||
| Gloucester | 2 | ||
| Leeds | 1 | ||
| Leicester | 1 | ||
| Pentonville | 78 | ||
| Risley RC | 6 | ||
| Winchester | 3 | ||
| Total males | 121 |