HC Deb 01 February 1994 vol 236 cc646-7W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 21 January,Official Report column 927, what was the total amount paid to private security firms for escorting detainees and their dependants overseas in 1993, including ticketing costs;

(2) what was the total amount paid to Airline Securities Consultants Ltd. for escorting detainees and their dependants overseas in 1993; and what has been the total paid to ASC ever for this purpose.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The total amount paid to private security firms for escorting detainees and their dependants overseas in 1993, including ticketing costs, was £615,035. Information about payments to Airline Security Consultants Ltd. is commercially confidential.

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 21 January,Official Report, column 927, who provided the 7 per cent. of in-flight escorts for people being removed at public expense, including deportees, which were not provided by the private sector.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Provincial police forces.

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportees, and how many of their dependants, were escorted by private security firms in 1993.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Between April and December 1993, 167 people removed under powers in the Immigration Act 1971, including deportees and their dependants, were escorted overseas by private security firms. Statistics for January to March 1993 are not available.