HC Deb 06 June 1995 vol 261 cc134-5W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 May,Official Report column 364, how the overall weekly cost of detaining a person under Immigration Act powers in accommodation for which the Immigration Service is responsible is calculated. [26271]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

[holding answer 25 May 1995]: The overall cost of detention in the Immigration Service estate is calculated by adding together the costs for custodial and escorting services, running costs, accommodation charges, staff costs and capital costs. This is then divided by the average daily number of detainees to give a unit cost per detainee day, from which the weekly figure is calculated.

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 May,Official Report, column 364, how the average cost of detaining a person under Immigration Act powers, in accommodation for which the Immigration Service is responsible, has been reduced between 1993–94 and the current cost. [26272]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

[holding answer 25 May 1995]: The reduction in costs is largely due to a reduction in the use of expensive ad hoc accommodation. This is a consequence of an increase in the number of places available within the Immigration Service detention estate.

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