Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions the fire brigade has been called to an incident at a migrant detention centre in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Bates
Information for the complete data period requested is not held centrally.
Provisional management information available on the number of attendances by the fire brigade for fires at immigration removal centres from January 2013 is provided below in line with the period for published statistics:
Jan to Dec 2013 - 12 incidents
Jan to Dec 2014 - 10 incidents
Jan to Sep 2015 - 8 incidents
Attendances by the fire brigade for incidents other than fires during the same data period could only be provided by examination of individual records so this information cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to come forward with a Policing and Criminal Justice Bill; and whether that Bill will first be published in draft.
Answered by Lord Bates
The Policing and Criminal Justice Bill will be introduced later this session; the date of introduction will be confirmed in due course. Many of the provisions of the Bill have been subject to extensive consultation; accordingly the Bill will not be published in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny.