§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the costs of the operation by police and immigration service officers to seize Mr. Viraj Mendis; and by whom these costs will be borne.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 25 January 1989]: Additional costs of the operation were in the region of £5,000, of which about £1,100 were police costs and about £3,900 immigration service and prison department costs. For this purpose the operation includes the removal of Mr. Mendis from the church; escorting him to London; his detention for two nights at Her Majesty's prison Pentonville; and his deportation under escort to Sri Lanka. Normal police funding arrangements apply to the additional police costs. Immigration service and prison department costs are borne by the Home Office.