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Immigration: Harmondsworth Removal Centre

Volume 687: debated on Monday 18 December 2006

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many detainees remained in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre at the latest convenient date, with separate totals of the number of fast-track cases, foreign national former prisoners, and removal cases. [HL641]

The number of detainees remaining in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre on the morning of 7 December was 56. Of those, 34 were fast-track cases, none was a foreign national former prisoner, and 22 were removal cases.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people were removed from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre after the recent disturbances there; and to which establishments each person was moved. [HL642]

The number of detainees removed from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre after the recent disturbance there was 422. The detainees have been relocated to other removal centres in the immigration detention estate and to prisons.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What legal and social visits, health care and detention duty are available to detainees still in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. [HL645]

Legal visits are available to all detainees located at Harmondsworth on seven days a week between the hours of 09.00 and 21.00 and take place in a dedicated legal visits area. Social visits are available from 14.00 until 21.00, again seven days a week in a purpose-built social visits area. Both of those facilities were unaffected by the recent disturbance.

Harmondsworth provides nursing facilities 24 hours a day as well as a surgery by a GP seven days a week and an on-call doctor.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many immigration detainees were bailed with restrictions as a result of the relocation of detainees from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre after the disturbances at the end of November; what those restrictions are; and whether any have been breached. [HL664]

None of the detainees in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre has been released as a result of the disturbances.

Following relocation throughout the detention estate, a total of 50 immigration detainees were granted bail. All of these detainees were placed on individual reporting restrictions and no breaches of conditions have been advised.