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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of disabled refugees who have claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>This data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/11/2017 18:04:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

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date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure human rights legislation is complied with in respect of detainees in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	2563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Human Rights Act 1998 requires that primary and subordinate legislation must be given effect in a way that is compatible with the Convention rights defined in Act.</p><p> </p><p>Detainees in the immigration detention estate, including those in Dungavel immigration removal centre (IRC), must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders.</p><p> </p><p>Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p> </p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detainees.</p><p> </p><p>This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:02:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron