§ Mr. Crowtherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average daily cost of keeping a person in detention at Harmondsworth detention centre.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe latest available information is that the cost per day of detaining a person in the immigration service detention centre at Harmondsworth was estimated at £115 for the financial year 1984–85. Subject to certain exceptions, the cost of detention for passengers refused leave to enter the country falls to the relevant airline or other company.
§ Mr. Crowtherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign and Commonwealth nationals intending to visit the United Kingdom are currently in detention at Harmondsworth detention centre.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAt noon on 22 November 16 foreign nationals and 27 Commonwealth citizens who had sought entry to the United Kingdom as visitors and who had either been refused entry or required to submit to further examination were detained at the Harmondsworth detention unit.