Tag: Andy Sawford

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-06-26.

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.

Karen Bradley

The Home Office command suite structure for the management of serious
incidents is based on the model operated by the Prison Service. Silver Command
Suites are opened in the establishment where the incident occurred.

A Gold Command Suite is opened in Prison Service Headquarters for incidents
where the Home Office requests mutual assistance from the Prison Service and is
attended by a Home Office senior manager.

Any other serious incident, which does not require mutual assistance but
requires ongoing management, is dealt with by opening a Gold Command Suite at
Detention Operations headquarters.

The number of times Silver Suites have been opened in the past year in
immigration removal centres is detailed in the table below for January 2013
to March 2014 and is provided in line with the data periods for published statistics.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-06-26.

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.

Karen Bradley

Escapes from immigration removal centres and while under escort are a subset of
published statistics. The following table shows absconds for the financial
years 2010/11-2013/14.

Information on attempted escapes is not held centrally and could only be
provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.

Eleven of those individuals recorded as escaped 2010/11-2013/14 have not been
located.

The police are informed immediately when a detainee has escaped and the
individual’s details are recorded on the Police National Computer should the
individual be apprehended at a later date.

People leaving detention by place of last detention, absconded 2010/11-2013/14 (financial year) (1)(2).

Year	Absconded
2010/2011
Absconded from centre	5
Absconded from escorts	3
Total	8
2011/2012
Absconded from centre	3
Absconded from escorts	3
Total	6
2012/2013
Absconded from centre	4
Absconded from escorts	1
Total	5
2013/2014
Absconded from centre	0
Absconded from escorts	0
Total	0

(1) Data from 2011/12 onwards are provisional.

(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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-06-26.

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.

Karen Bradley

Incidents in the detention estate are reported in accordance with Detention
Services Order (DSO) 12/2008. Incidents are classified according to their
seriousness as red, amber or green.

Examples of the types of red or amber incidents are given in the DSO. Red
incidents are generally those relating to serious disturbances and/or fires
within a centre. Amber incidents may be those involving threats to the centre,
external demonstrations, or co-ordinated food or fluid refusal.

This data has been collected by different business areas in the Home Office
over the data period requested and has not been collated centrally.

Management information is only available for the period 01 July 2013 – 9 March
2014 in the following table and is in line with the data period for published
statistics.

This data is management information collected and collated from Immigration
Removal Centre suppliers. This information 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.

Table showing incidents in immigration removal centres for the period 01 July 2013 – 9 March 2014 by status.

IRC	Red Incidents	Amber Incidents	Total of Incidents
Brook House	2	59	61
Campsfield	1	14	15
Colnbrook	4	109	113
Dover	1	39	40
Dungavel	0	3	3
Harmondsworth	0	145	145
Haslar	0	2	2
Morton Hall	6	29	35
Tinsley House	0	17	17
Yarlswood	1	109	110
Total	15	528	541

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation Service on the level of fraud against local authorities.

Esther McVey

The introduction of single fraud investigation service will ensure that all allegations of local authority welfare benefit fraud are investigated appropriately in accordance with a single policy. As such the SFIS project strengthens the approach to investigating and tackling welfare benefit fraud in local authorities.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public funds available to local authorities of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation Service.

Esther McVey

The Local Authority Administration Grant for 2014/15 will not be reduced due to the implementation of the Single Fraud Investigation Service. The proposals for 2015/16 and 2016/17 onwards are currently out for consultation with our key stakeholders, including Local Government representative groups.