§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he is making into the investigation concerning the(a) Landmark and (b) Inn on the Park in Liverpool in respect of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement. [2316]
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§ Angela EagleThe investigation by National Asylum Support Service into the Landmark and the Inn on the Park is complex. The investigation is continuing.
§ Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers, broken down by nationality, are being held in prison. [2966]
§ Angela EagleThe most recent information relates to persons detained under Immigration Act powers as at 31 May 2001. At that date 1,144 persons were detained in Prison Service establishments. This includes 428 persons detained in the dedicated detention facilities run by the Prison Service at Haslar, Rochester and Lindholme.
It is not possible to say how many of these had claimed asylum or identify their nationality except by examining individual case files at disproportionate cost.
§ Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers held in prisons have applied for bail; and how many such bail applications have been successful. [2965]
§ Angela EagleThe requested information is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been held in prison since the policy was introduced; how many asylum seekers have been deported from prison; how many asylum seekers have put forward appeals since being put in prison; and how many of those appeals have been successful. [2967]
§ Angela EagleThe requested information is not available and could be obtained only by examining individual case files at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the average time taken between the receipt of(a) an asylum appeal and (b) an immigration appeal to the Independent Appellate Authority and an appeal decision, for the most recent period for which figures are available. [178]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 25 June 2001]I am assuming the hon. Member is referring to the average time from receipt in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) to determination.
The average time taken by the Immigration Appellate Authority (for both the adjudicator and the tribunal tier), from receipt to determination in the period 1 April 2001 to 31 May 2001, is 22.3 weeks for an asylum appeal and 22.1 weeks for an immigration appeal.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of occasions on which action has been taken against NASS-contracted landlords in respect of the provision of sub-standard accommodation; and if he will make a statement. [167]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 25 June 2001]The information is not available in the format requested.
As a result of its inspection programme National Asylum Support Service (NASS) has required its accommodation providers to remove approximately 350 bedspaces from use due to failure to meet the requirements of the NASS contract specification. In addition providers have 416W voluntarily removed approximately 1,000 bedspaces. In addition there have been a number of properties where remedial work has been required.