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64367

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times an escaped person has been categorised as a high harm person and the senior management team believe there is a high risk of reputational damage to the Home Office as set out in the Home Office Guidance on Escaped Detainees at immigration removal centres in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely categorise immigration detainees against a <br>scale of harm. They are instead subject to individual risk assessment linked <br>to their suitability for placement in an immigration removal centre (IRC) which is <br>based on a number of different factors. <br><br>Where an escape or attempted escape from an IRC takes place, Criminal and <br>Financial Investigation (CFI) immigration specialist teams will assist in the <br>investigation where the individual is assessed to be a ‘high harm' person, or <br>where the senior management team believe there is a high risk of reputational <br>damage to the Home Office.<br><br>In the last four years the CFI team has conducted two investigations relating <br>to escapes of individuals from escort who were assessed to fit the <br>investigation criteria. There have not been any cases of escapes from an IRC <br>which have warranted the involvement of the CFI.<br><br>This data is management information and does not form part of published <br>statistics and is not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National <br>Statistics publications. It is provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:05:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64371

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration Removal Centre detainees have (a) escaped from detention, (b) escaped whilst being escorted and (c) attempted to escape each IRC in the last four years; and how many such people are still at large.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Escapes from immigration removal centres and while under escort are a subset of <br>published statistics. The following table shows absconds for the financial <br>years 2010/11-2013/14. <br><br>Information on attempted escapes is not held centrally and could only be <br>provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. <br><br>Eleven of those individuals recorded as escaped 2010/11-2013/14 have not been <br>located. <br><br>The police are informed immediately when a detainee has escaped and the <br>individual's details are recorded on the Police National Computer should the <br>individual be apprehended at a later date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>People leaving detention by place of last detention, absconded 2010/11-2013/14 (financial year) </strong><strong>(1)(2)</strong><strong>. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Absconded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/2011</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) Data from 2011/12 onwards are provisional.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Total detainees are those detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers and exclude those in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:02:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64372

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Red incidents and (b) Amber incidents have occurred at each Immigration Removal Centre in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Incidents in the detention estate are reported in accordance with Detention <br>Services Order (DSO) 12/2008. Incidents are classified according to their <br>seriousness as red, amber or green. <br><br>Examples of the types of red or amber incidents are given in the DSO. Red <br>incidents are generally those relating to serious disturbances and/or fires <br>within a centre. Amber incidents may be those involving threats to the centre, <br>external demonstrations, or co-ordinated food or fluid refusal. <br><br>This data has been collected by different business areas in the Home Office <br>over the data period requested and has not been collated centrally. <br><br>Management information is only available for the period 01 July 2013 - 9 March <br>2014 in the following table and is in line with the data period for published <br>statistics.<br><br>This data is management information collected and collated from Immigration <br>Removal Centre suppliers. This information does not form part of published <br>statistics and is not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National <br>Statistics publications. It is provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing incidents in immigration removal centres for the period 01 July 2013 – 9 March 2014 by status.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Red Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amber Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total of Incidents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brook House</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Campsfield</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Colnbrook</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dover</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dungavel</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Harmondsworth</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p><strong>145</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Haslar</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Morton Hall</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tinsley House</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yarlswood</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>528</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>541</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:04:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64370

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Gold Suite has been opened at each Immigration Removal Centre in England and Wales in the last year; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office command suite structure for the management of serious <br />incidents is based on the model operated by the Prison Service. Silver Command <br />Suites are opened in the establishment where the incident occurred. <br /><br />A Gold Command Suite is opened in Prison Service Headquarters for incidents <br />where the Home Office requests mutual assistance from the Prison Service and is <br />attended by a Home Office senior manager.<br /><br />Any other serious incident, which does not require mutual assistance but <br />requires ongoing management, is dealt with by opening a Gold Command Suite at <br />Detention Operations headquarters.<br /><br />The number of times Silver Suites have been opened in the past year in <br />immigration removal centres is detailed in the table below for January 2013<br />to March 2014 and is provided in line with the data periods for published statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:19:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Table of IRC Silver Suite Opening.doc title Table of IRC Silver Suite Opening
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64368

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of detainees who have escaped from detention or from escort in each of the last four years have been returned to detention.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>The proportion of detainees who have escaped from detention or from escort in each of the last four years who have been returned to detention is 37% (7) of 19 detainees. One detainee was not returned to detention but located overseas. Major changes to the estate since 2010 have included the closure of the lower security site at Oakington Reception Centre in November 2010 and increased capacity at the higher security centre at Harmondsworth in July 2010. The management information above has been reached by the examination of individual records. It does not form part of published statistics and is not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. It is provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:27:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

224744

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing fixed wing aircraft to the National Police Air Service fleet.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	226105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, <br>with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating <br>model, taken by the Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime <br>Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Board agreed to convene a small <br>working group of PCCs to define a more equitable future funding model for all <br>force areas.<br><br>The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February a new optimised operating model that <br>will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service, and will mean <br>that every air base supports police forces 24 hours a day. NPAS modelling <br>indicates that Northamptonshire will remain within the 20 minute Priority 1 <br>Service Level Agreement for NPAS. The new operating model will include an <br>enhanced fixed-wing aircraft capability within the NPAS fleet. <br><br>Home Office Ministers have been kept informed of the development of NPAS’s new <br>operating model, and officials attend the NPAS Strategic Board meetings in a <br>non-voting capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 226117 226118 226119 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:06:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

224745

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how recent reductions in the National Police Air Service budget will be distributed between police forces in (a) the East Midlands and (b) the Eastern region.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	226117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, <br>with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating <br>model, taken by the Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime <br>Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Board agreed to convene a small <br>working group of PCCs to define a more equitable future funding model for all <br>force areas.<br><br>The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February a new optimised operating model that <br>will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service, and will mean <br>that every air base supports police forces 24 hours a day. NPAS modelling <br>indicates that Northamptonshire will remain within the 20 minute Priority 1 <br>Service Level Agreement for NPAS. The new operating model will include an <br>enhanced fixed-wing aircraft capability within the NPAS fleet. <br><br>Home Office Ministers have been kept informed of the development of NPAS’s new <br>operating model, and officials attend the NPAS Strategic Board meetings in a <br>non-voting capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 226105 226118 226119 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:06:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

224746

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of the National Police Air Service in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	226118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, <br>with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating <br>model, taken by the Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime <br>Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Board agreed to convene a small <br>working group of PCCs to define a more equitable future funding model for all <br>force areas.<br><br>The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February a new optimised operating model that <br>will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service, and will mean <br>that every air base supports police forces 24 hours a day. NPAS modelling <br>indicates that Northamptonshire will remain within the 20 minute Priority 1 <br>Service Level Agreement for NPAS. The new operating model will include an <br>enhanced fixed-wing aircraft capability within the NPAS fleet. <br><br>Home Office Ministers have been kept informed of the development of NPAS’s new <br>operating model, and officials attend the NPAS Strategic Board meetings in a <br>non-voting capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 226105 226117 226119 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:06:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

224747

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the National Police Air Service base at Husbands Bosworth on flight times to (a) Corby, (b) Oundle, (c) Thrapston, (d) Raunds, (e) Irthlingborough, (f) Warmington and (g) Easton-on-the-Hill in Northamptonshire.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	226119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, <br>with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating <br>model, taken by the Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime <br>Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Board agreed to convene a small <br>working group of PCCs to define a more equitable future funding model for all <br>force areas.<br><br>The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February a new optimised operating model that <br>will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service, and will mean <br>that every air base supports police forces 24 hours a day. NPAS modelling <br>indicates that Northamptonshire will remain within the 20 minute Priority 1 <br>Service Level Agreement for NPAS. The new operating model will include an <br>enhanced fixed-wing aircraft capability within the NPAS fleet. <br><br>Home Office Ministers have been kept informed of the development of NPAS’s new <br>operating model, and officials attend the NPAS Strategic Board meetings in a <br>non-voting capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 226105 226117 226118 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:06:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford