To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of complaints of assault against staff involved in removals from the United Kingdom were upheld in each of the last three years. (184945)

[holding answer 6 February 2008]: This information has only been held centrally since October 2006 and relates to contractors' staff involved in the detention and overseas escort process only. Of the 51 complaints of assault made to date, two have been upheld.