§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average weekly cost of holding an Immigration Act detainee in the temporary immigration detention centre at Gatwick airport. [35756]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe average weekly cost is approximately £580 per detainee.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 5 July,Official Report, column 284, how much of the total cost of detaining persons under Immigration Act powers his Department expects to reclaim from carriers in the current financial year. [35754]
§ Mr. BakerIt is forecast that £1.3 million will be reclaimed from carriers in the current financial year in respect of the cost of detaining and escorting people under Immigration Act powers.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 5 July,Official Report, column 284, what his Department expects the notional cost of holding Immigration Act detainees in (a) Prison Service accommodation and (b) police cells to be in the current financial year. [35753]
§ Mr. BakerThe notional cost of detaining people in Prison Service accommodation is £411 per week, excluding departmental overheads. The estimated notional cost of using Prison Service accommodation for the financial year 1995–96 is approximately £9 million.
It is not possible to forecast accurately the extent to which it will be necessary to use police cells for detention under Immigration Act powers during the current financial year. The intention remains to keep the use of police cells to a minimum and the increase in the number of places available with the immigration service detention estate will have an important part to play in this.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Coventry, North-East (Mr. Ainsworth), of 5 July,Official Report, column 284, which companies have provided short-term accommodation for Immigration Act detainees; where this accommodation is situated; how much each company is paid per detainee place per 24-hour stay; and how many detainee nights were spent in this accommodation in each of the past five years. [34537]
§ Mr. BakerPrivate companies which provided short-term accommodation for Immigration Act detainees in the financial year 1994–95, together with their locations, are Maritime and Aviation Security, Newhaven and Harwich; Port of Felixstowe, Hoverspeed, Dover; and 1439W Stena Sealink, Newhaven. It is not possible to discover, except at disproportionate cost, how many detainee nights were spent in this accommodation in any of the past five years.
Information about the cost of detention by private companies is commercially sensitive.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the expected total cost to his Department of building the planned new detention centres, for persons held under Immigration Act powers, at(a) Gatwick airport, (b) Manchester airport, (c) Stansted airport and (d) Heathrow airport. [35755]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe cost of building the new detention centres at Gatwick and Manchester airports has been borne by the private sector. It is anticipated that the further planned accommodation will be provided in the same way. There will therefore be no capital cost to the Department, which will instead pay rental charges. These are commercially sensitive.