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<p>The Home Office do not hold central records of the number of individuals in Immigration
detention that are referred for, or that self-refer for Rule 35 assessments. Medical
records for individuals in Immigration detention are confidential and are not routinely
shared with the Home Office unless the individual has consented to share this information.
This includes appointments and assessments with a medical practitioner. Notification
of Rule 35 assessments, which are carried out by Doctors, are therefore not routinely
shared with the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Office also do not hold central records
which make the distinc-tion between those accepted/not accepted as being victims of
torture within the Rule 35 process under the Detention Centre Rules 2001.</p><p>We
therefore cannot currently report on the number of individuals referred for a Rule
35 assessment that were identified as victims of torture, or the number of individuals
identified as victims of torture that were released within 28 days of a Rule 35 report
without reviewing individual cases. In any event, it cannot be said that those released
within 28 days of a Rule 35 report were released solely because of a claim of torture.</p><p>The
Home Office do however, centrally record the number of Rule 35 re-ports raised by
Doctors under the Detention Centre Rules 2001 and the number of those who were released
as a result. This information is pub-lished quarterly in Immigration Enforcement Transparency
data found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018."
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018.
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