HC Deb 19 June 1997 vol 296 cc245-6W
Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers currently in detention have alleged that they are under 18 years of age; and where they are being held. [3940]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

I regret that the information requested is not available. The available information on detained asylum seekers shows that none is recorded as being under the age of 18.

Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers are currently detained in(a) prisons and (b) detention centres solely under the powers of the Immigration Act 1971. [3938]

sectors and in the Armed Forces who are subject to security vetting at these levels, have exhausted existing appeals mechanisms within their own organisations and remain dissatisfied with the result. Separate arrangements are available to staff of the security and intelligence agencies. The establishment of the Panel therefore brings to an end the role of the Three Advisers who, since 1948, have been available to consider cases where security clearance was refused or withdrawn on the grounds of subversion.