Tag: Sarah Teather

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-04-08.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had on the regeneration of the Brent Cross area with (a) Brent Council and (b) resident groups in Brent.

Danny Alexander

The Government has committed to working with the London Borough of Barnet to look at their proposals for the regeneration of Brent Cross. It is a matter for Barnet Council to discuss their plans with relevant stakeholders including Brent Council.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of individuals held at HM Prison The Verne solely for immigration purposes as part of the quarterly immigration statistics.

James Brokenshire

Published figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under
Immigration Act powers include those held in short term holding facilities, pre
departure accommodation and immigration removal centres. However, figures
exclude those held 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 Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of
people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within
Immigration Statistics: October – December 2013, from the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati
stics-quarterly-release.

The provisional date for HMP The Verne to become an
Immigration Removal Centre is September 2014 and following that change specific
figures for the Verne would be regularly published alongside those for other
Immigration Removal Centres.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in immigration removal centres and who refused food or fluids have been transferred to prisons since May 2013.

James Brokenshire

No persons held in immigration removal centres have been transferred to prisons since May 2013 due to refusal of food or fluids.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied migrant children have been forcibly removed to another country in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

No unaccompanied child under the age of 18 can be forcibly removed from the UK
unless adequate care and reception arrangements are in place in their country
of origin. The difficulty of setting up suitable reception arrangements has
meant that, with the exception of transfers to other European Union countries
under the *Dublin Regulations, the Home Office does not routinely enforce the
return of unaccompanied children to any country. The majority of unaccompanied
children whose asylum claims are rejected are granted temporary leave which is
reviewed when they reach 17½ years of age. We believe that the vast majority of
enforced returns of unaccompanied children undertaken between 2006 and 2010
were transfers under the Dublin Regulations.

Table 1: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children removals 2009 to 2013

Date of Removal	Total
2009	31
2010	12
2011	2
2012	6
2013	2
Grand Total	53

‘Migrant children’ have been interpreted as unaccompanied asylum seeking
children (UASC) in answering this question.

* The Dublin Regulation EC No. 343/2003 is a binding measure of European
Community law to determine which State should be responsible for examining an
application for asylum made within the EU territory.