HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c833W
22. Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions have taken place with the Scottish Prison Service about the detention of persons awaiting deportation. [19803]

Mr. Kirkhope

Discussions took place with the Scottish Prison Service last summer about the detention of persons awaiting deportation. These discussions found that due to the relatively low numbers of persons held in Scottish prisons under sole immigration powers, there were no grounds on which to consider a custom built facility solely for Immigration Act detainees.