§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how and when she intends to respond to the principal recommendations of the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres in his most recent report. [56402]
§ Mr. IngramFollowing consultation with relevant interested parties, the Secretary of State wrote to the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres on 26 August 1998 in response to matters raised in his Fifth Annual Report. A copy of that letter has been placed in the Library of the House.
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§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals have been detained in each of the holding centres in each month since September 1997. [56385]
§ Mr. IngramThe following table shows the number of persons detained in each of the Holding Centres since September 1997:
Year Month Castlereagh Gough Strand Road 1997 September 21 12 1 October 0 29 2 November 0 31 4 December 0 9 6 1998 January 43 7 0 February 60 0 0 March 67 0 0 April 61 7 0 May 32 8 0 June 31 4 0 July 51 7 0 August 33 5 0 September 35 25 0 Total 434 144 13 Note
Castlereagh Holding Centre was closed for refurbishment during the period October to December 1997
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her answer of 6 November 1997,Official Report, column 293, on what date she
Persons detailed in holding centres September 1997 to September 1998 (inclusive)—by month and holding center Castlereagh Gough Strand Road Month Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 1997 September 18 3 21 11 1 12 1 — 1 October — — — 29 — 29 2 — 2 November — — — 29 2 31 4 — 4 December — — — 9 — 9 6 — 6 1998 January 40 3 43 7 — 7 — — — February 57 3 60 — — — — — — March 65 2 67 — — — — — — April 56 5 61 4 3 7 — — — May 32 — 32 8 — 8 — — — June 29 2 31 3 1 4 — — — July 44 7 51 6 1 7 — — — August 31 2 33 5 — 5 — — — September 33 2 35 25 — 25 — — — Total 405 29 434 136 8 144 13 — 13