HC Deb 17 April 1973 vol 855 cc98-9W
Mr. Hayhoe

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much longer the Government propose to keep open the temporary resettlement centres set up last year for the accommodation of United Kingdom passport holders expelled from Uganda; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. R. Carr

The centres were established as temporary institutions to provide emergency accommodation for United Kingdom passport holders expelled from Uganda at short notice. Of the 16 centres set up last year, only five are now open. One of these is to be closed next month, and the Uganda Resettlement Board hopes to close the rest during the next few months. There will be no new admissions to the centres after 23rd April of United Kingdom passport holders expelled from Uganda who may arrive here from other countries.