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Teachers: Sexual Abuse Allegation
Lord Northbourne asked Her Majesty's Government:
- How many accusations of sexual abuse were made against teachers by pupils and parents respectively in England and Wales for the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of each category is expected to lead to a prosecution.[HL1714]
The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton): The requested information is not collected centrally.
People Trafficking
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
- How many trafficked persons were deported to their countries of origin from the United Kingdom in each of the past three years; and whether they can state the percentage of those who are women and list the countries.[HL1896]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Filkin): This information is not collected centrally, and could be obtained only by examining the individual case files of every person removed under Immigration Act powers over the period in question.
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether any prosecutions of traffickers have been brought under sections 145 and 146 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; and, if so, how many convictions were obtained.[HL1897]
Lord Filkin: The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act received Royal Assent in November last year, and sections 145 and 146 came into force on 10 February 2003. Data on numbers of prosecutions under these sections will be collected in the usual way and published in Home Office Criminal Statistics. Given that the powers came into effect very recently there is not any information yet held centrally about numbers of prosecutions.
Ukraine: Country Assessment
The Earl of Sandwich asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What conclusions they have drawn from the suicide in custody of Mikail Bodnarchuk on the day of his removal to Ukraine from immigration removal centre Haslar in January; and whether they will review their own evidence of torture in Ukraine in the Home Office country assessment.[HL1932]
Lord Filkin: The investigation into the death in immigration detention of Mikail Bodnarchuk is continuing. It would be premature to draw any conclusions until this investigation is complete.
The country assessment for Ukraine is currently being revised and will be published in April. It will include the latest available information on the human rights situation in the Ukraine.
Detention Centre Rules
The Earl of Sandwich asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they have established minimum standards of accommodation, free time and visiting hours in the new immigration removal centres; and, if so, whether they will provide details of those standards as applied to Haslar and other comparable centres.[HL1933]
Lord Filkin: The Detention Centre Rules 2001 make provision for the regulation and management of removal centres. All removal centres are required to operate under the rules, which include provisions relating to the suitability of accommodation, freedom of movement and association, and visits.
In addition to the Detention Centre Rules, we are currently in the process of establishing a comprehensive set of operating standards for removal centres. The operating standards will complement the rules and will provide measurable and auditable standards against which any removal centre will be
assessed. Issues such as accommodation, free time and visiting hours will be included in these operating standards. That said, the matter of visiting hours remains under continuous review and we will be considering whether there may be room for improvement at certain centres, including Haslar.
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