§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) why the hon. Member for Leyton has not yet received a substantive reply to his question tabled for priority written answer on 18 November relating to the latest available information on persons detained under immigration regulations; and when the hon. Member can expect to receive a substantive reply;
(2) if he will list all people held in detention under immigration regulations as of 10 December, where they are detained and the date they were first held.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI wrote to the hon. Member on 5 December giving the information he had requested about those detained for over seven days on 19 November. For the reasons explained in that letter information about all those detained on 10 December is not readily available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.