Yarl's Wood (Hansard, 10 June 2002)

§ Mr. Patrick Hall
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February. [59253]

§ Beverley Hughes
385 detainees were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February 2002.

§ Mr. Patrick Hall
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what basis detainees who were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February were selected for questioning by the police as part of the criminal investigation into the disturbances at Yarl's Wood. [59251]

§ Beverley Hughes
The selection of detainees who were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February 2002 for questioning by the police as part of the criminal investigation into the disturbances at Yarl's Wood is a matter for Bedfordshire police.

§ Mr. Patrick Hall
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees who were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February have been(a) selected for questioning and (b) questioned by the police as part of the criminal investigation into the disturbances at Yarl's Wood. [59252]

§ Beverley Hughes
The criminal investigation being conducted by Bedfordshire police is wide ranging and has involved the questioning of witnesses from a variety of services, companies and agencies as well as detainees at Yarl's Wood. The selection of detainees who were present at Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre on the evening of 14 February 2002 for questioning as part of the criminal investigation into the disturbances at Yarl's Wood is a matter for Bedfordshire police.