asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained for how many hours per day in the annexe of the Harmondsworth detention centre; what exercise and recreation are available to persons detained in the annexe; and whether he will make a statement.

Since the Harmondsworth detention centre annexe opened on 10 November 1986, its average nightly occupancy has been 28·4 up to and including the night of 3 March 1987. Facilities include grassed and hard-standing exercise areas, a television/video room and table tennis room. The annexe is a separate self-contained unit run on similar lines to the main Harmondsworth detention centre which is on the same site.