§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when an annual report was prepared by the independent monitoring board for Yarl's Wood. [157447]
§ Beverley HughesThe Independent Monitoring Board for Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre produced a first report in spring 2002 covering the period from their first meeting in November 2001 to the temporary closure of the centre on 31 March 2002.
The Board will produce an annual report covering the period from the re-opening of Yarl's Wood at the end of September 2003 to December 2004 by 31 January 2005 in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules.