§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom are presently being detained by the Immigration Service (a) at Harmondsworth, (b) at Latchmere house, Richmond and (c) elsewhere in the United Kingdom;
(2) how many persons seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and detained by the immigration service have been held in custody for more than two weeks;
(3) if it remains his policy to allow temporary admission to persons seeking asylum in the United Kingdom whilst their cases are being considered; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe criteria for deciding whether to grant temporary admission are applied by the immigration service locally and are the same for asylum applicants as for others. These are an assessment of the likelihood of the person complying with the terms of temporary admission
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Establishment (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Acklington 164 159 147 151 189 2.89 3.07 2.34 Albany 311 324 332 257 383 1.10 1.12 0.61 Aldington 36 36 37 40 44 2.69 2.89 1.58 Ashford 199 198 198 196 234 2.12 2.22 2.34 Ashwell 66 65 61 68 75 5.32 5.07 4.99 Askham Grange 48 42 42 41 46 2.52 1.76 2.41 Aylesbury 135 138 140 121 167 2.08 1.93 2.02 Bedford 172 172 181 169 204 1.78 1.65 1.93 Birmingham 417 399 403 406 443 2.37 2.16 2.30 Blantyre House 45 45 42 43 48 1.18 1.24 1.44 Blundeston 143 146 144 144 158 2.75 2.82 2.81 Bristol 244 240 249 252 260 2.51 2.07 2.19 Brixton 666 654 606 601 993 1.50 1.33 1.27 Brockhill 97 95 95 97 108 2.44 2.38 2.08 Buckley Hall 42 42 39 44 47½ 2.00 1.97 1.36 Bullwood Hall 89 84 65 77 95 1.74 1.68 1.21 Camp Hill 180 177 174 195 203 2.64 2.34 2.33 Campsfield House 37 37 38 37 40 1.38 0.82 0.86 Canterbury 192 187 179 162 230 1.50 1.63 1.75 Cardiff 221 211 206 219 223½ 2.04 1.79 1.81 Castington 104 106 108 100 116 1.65 2.56 1.66 and of any compassionate features. On the information readily available, on 5 December 41 persons claiming asylum were detained at Harmondsworth, 29 at Latchmere house and 25 elsewhere; 64 of these had been detained for longer than two weeks on that date.