HC Deb 11 January 1996 vol 269 cc277-8W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by month since Doncaster prison was opened the number of people detained under immigration powers and held at the prison, indicating from what countries the detainees originally came. [8053]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 11 January 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about immigration detainees held at Doncaster prison. The number of detainees held at Doncaster are listed by month in the attached table, together with the countries of origin.

List of detainees held at Doncaster
Month Number Country of origin.
June 1994 Nil
July 1994 Nil
August 1994 Nil
September 1994 Nil
October 1994 Nil
November 1994 Nil
December 1994 Nil
January 1995 1 Malaya
February 1995 1 Malaya
March 1995 1 Malaya
April 1995 1 Malaya
May 1995 2 Malaya/Jamaica
June 1995 3 Malaya/Jamaica/Colombia
July 1995 3 Malaya/Jamaica/Colombia
August 1995 3 Malaya/Jamaica/Colombia
September 1995 4 Malaya/Jamaica/Colombia
October 1995 6 Malaya/Jamaica/Colombia/India
November 1995 5 Jamaica/Colombia/India
December 1995 4 Jamaica/Colombia/India

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners were transferred from Doncaster prison in each month since it has been opened, indicating the reason for the transfer in each case, and the name of the prison to which the transfer was made; [8051]

(2) how many prisoners were transferred to Doncaster prison in each month since it has been opened, indicating the reason for the transfer in each case, and the name of the prison to which the transfer was made. [8052]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 11 January 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about transfers in and out of Doncaster prison since it opened. There are around 2,500 prisoner movements into and out of Doncaster each month. This information could therefore be obtained only at disproportionate cost.