§ Mr. RedmondTo 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 WiddecombeResponsibility 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. RedmondTo 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 in278W 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 WiddecombeResponsibility 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.