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448728

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Zika Virus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken at border controls to prevent the Zika virus entering the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	24759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Border Force Officers will refer any passengers that require medical attention in accordance with established procedures and advice from Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/02/2016 15:40:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

528104

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) rape and (b) sexual abuse have been reported at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	40860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>All complaints made by detainees are investigated by the relevant supplier in accordance with Detention Services Order 03/2015 'Handling complaints'. Any allegations of serious misconduct made by a detainee against staff are also referred to the Home Office Professional Standards Unit (PSU) for investigation. Where a detainee, or someone on behalf of a detainee, alleges that a member of staff has committed a sexual offence against them the police will automatically be notified, even if the detainee does not wish the matter to be reported or to make a formal complaint.</p><p>Management information shows that there have been six allegations of sexual assault made by detainees against staff at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre between 2013 and 2015. Of these six allegations, one was made in 2013, three in 2014 and two in 2015.</p><p>In the same period there have been two Home Office PSU investigations into allegations of sexual assault made by detainees against staff in other immigration removal centres. Both allegations were made in 2015. There have been no allegations of rape made by a detainee against staff at any immigration removal centre during this period.</p><p>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p>Information on the number of women who have been deported following an allegation of sexual abuse or rape while in detention is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40859 40877 question first answered 28/06/2016 13:20:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

428698

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place to safeguard the welfare of pregnant women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	16596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Pregnant women are not normally detained. The only exceptions to this general rule are where removal is imminent and medical advice does not suggest the woman’s baby is due before the expected removal date.</p><p>Fitness to travel by air is assessed on a case by case basis using guidance from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA). The guidance states that for a single, uncomplicated pregnancy, travel could be appropriate without a medical certificate up to 37 weeks.</p><p>Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has a dedicated Care Suite that offers enhanced care to vulnerable and pregnant women, staffed by a dedicated female member of staff. Midwives from NHS Bedford Hospital Trust visit the centre once a week and the centre's GP or nurses can be accessed 7 days a week and can refer any specific concerns to the ante natal clinic, Early Pregnancy Unit in hospital or other appropriate service if necessary. The centre also has a Pregnancy Liaison Officer who provides a range of support and welfare services to pregnant detainees.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:20:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

528105

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women are in detention at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	40861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office will not necessarily be aware that a woman is pregnant unless she chooses to make this known to us and a woman may not know herself that she is pregnant when she is detained. It may not always be appropriate for healthcare professionals to disclose information that the patient has asked not to be disclosed.</p><p>Subject to these limitations, management information for 21 June 2016 shows that there were no pregnant women detained under Immigration Act powers at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre.</p><p>Information on the number of pregnant women deported from the UK in each of the last five years is not held centrally and providing it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40991 question first answered 28/06/2016 13:20:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

428708

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Hunger Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre went on hunger strike in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	16553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>For the period 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015 provisional management information shows that 84 women were recorded as refusing food or fluid at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre (IRC).</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:16:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

429114

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Hunger Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have refused to eat for one or more consecutive days in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	16876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>For the period 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015 provisional management information shows that 84 women were recorded as refusing food or fluid at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:24:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

428706

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Hospitals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women taken to hospital from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have been handcuffed in transit in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	16551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Provisional management information showing the number of women who have been handcuffed when taken to hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre over the requested period is detailed in the table below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Handcuffed Hospital Moves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The increased figure in October 2015 was not due to any change in policy. These cases have been reviewed by the Home Office Use of Force Monitor to ensure that the use of handcuffs was appropriate. The review established that each case had been subject to an individual risk assessment, in accordance with standard policy, and that handcuffs were used on the basis of that outcome of that assessment.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:14:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

533878

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that women detained at Yarl's Wood are handcuffed when attending hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	42243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Home Office policy remains that there should be a presumption against using handcuffs to escort detainees for medical visits. The decision to use handcuffs is made on the basis of an individual risk assessment, and we monitor the use of restraint by custody officers closely to ensure that the use of restraint is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.</p><p>Management information shows that from May 2015 to May 2016 there have been 31 incidents when a woman has been handcuffed when attending hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incidents of handcuff use</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics:</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42244 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:53:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533879

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents there have been of women detained at Yarl's Wood being handcuffed while attending hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	42244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Home Office policy remains that there should be a presumption against using handcuffs to escort detainees for medical visits. The decision to use handcuffs is made on the basis of an individual risk assessment, and we monitor the use of restraint by custody officers closely to ensure that the use of restraint is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.</p><p>Management information shows that from May 2015 to May 2016 there have been 31 incidents when a woman has been handcuffed when attending hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incidents of handcuff use</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics:</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42243 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:53:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

432019

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Alarms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded waiting time was between a detainee at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre sounding the emergency alarm in their room and an officer arriving to assist them in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	17458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested on waiting times is not collected centrally by either the Home Office or Serco so this information cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:21:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor