To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent, including on legal fees and compensation, in connection with the recent settlement of the case of the detainee who suffered a mental breakdown while at Yarl’s Wood Detention and Removal Centre during 2005, the subject of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent, including on legal fees and compensation, in connection with the recent settlement of the case of the detainee who suffered a mental breakdown while at Yarl’s Wood Detention and Removal Centre during 2005, the subject of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances criminal records checks are carried out on (a) EU and (b) non-EU foreign nationals entering the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances criminal records checks are carried out on (a) EU and (b) non-EU foreign nationals entering the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions the Immigration Service has used police cells to hold immigrants in each police force area in each year since 1997; and what the average cost of such accommodation was in each year in each police...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions the Immigration Service has used police cells to hold immigrants in each police force area in each year since 1997; and what the average cost of such accommodation was in each year in each police...

(2) what the nightly rate paid by the Immigration Service for the use of police cells was to each police force in each year since 1997.

(2) what the nightly rate paid by the Immigration Service for the use of police cells was to each police force in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plans to extend the domestic violence rule to include all abused women with insecure immigration status.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plans to extend the domestic violence rule to include all abused women with insecure immigration status.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the numbers of skilled restaurant staff, especially chefs, who speak English to the required level, whom the (i) China and (ii) South Asian restaurant trades will be able to recruit overseas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the numbers of skilled restaurant staff, especially chefs, who speak English to the required level, whom the (i) China and (ii) South Asian restaurant trades will be able to recruit overseas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter the UK in each of the last five years;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter the UK in each of the last five years;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were refused entry into the United Kingdom on the advice of port medical inspectors in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were refused entry into the United Kingdom on the advice of port medical inspectors in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which countries inbound passengers to the United Kingdom are tested for tuberculosis; and what percentage of passengers from each country were tested in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which countries inbound passengers to the United Kingdom are tested for tuberculosis; and what percentage of passengers from each country were tested in the latest period for which figures are available.

(2) how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

(2) how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2008, Official Report, column 342W, on immigration: housing, what criteria have been established for (a) items of expenditure incurred by local authorities and (b) an agreed cohort of supported families cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2008, Official Report, column 342W, on immigration: housing, what criteria have been established for (a) items of expenditure incurred by local authorities and (b) an agreed cohort of supported families cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department further to the answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 96W, on immigration: local authorities, which local authorities have (a) expressed an interest in submitting claims and (b) submitted a claim to the transitional costs fund; what the value...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department further to the answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 96W, on immigration: local authorities, which local authorities have (a) expressed an interest in submitting claims and (b) submitted a claim to the transitional costs fund; what the value...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any civil proceedings were settled in court against (a) her Department's employees and (b) contractors' employees, including immigration removal centre staff and immigration escort staff, for assaults against immigrants detained in immigration removal centres or immigrants who have formally...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any civil proceedings were settled in court against (a) her Department's employees and (b) contractors' employees, including immigration removal centre staff and immigration escort staff, for assaults against immigrants detained in immigration removal centres or immigrants who have formally...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a race impact study on the detention of children who are British citizens with accompanying parents (a) has been carried out and (b) is proposed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a race impact study on the detention of children who are British citizens with accompanying parents (a) has been carried out and (b) is proposed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on immigration: housing, what conditions are attached to tenancies created by the transfer of existing properties to the private rented market; what requirements there are on private sector...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on immigration: housing, what conditions are attached to tenancies created by the transfer of existing properties to the private rented market; what requirements there are on private sector...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, column 806W, on immigration: housing, how many private sector providers have transferred existing properties to the private rented market; how many such units have been transferred; and what incentives have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, column 806W, on immigration: housing, how many private sector providers have transferred existing properties to the private rented market; how many such units have been transferred; and what incentives have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued for (a) nurses and (b) doctors from African countries in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued for (a) nurses and (b) doctors from African countries in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) illegal immigrants and (b) failed asylum seekers detained by the police have absconded en route to immigration detention or removal centres in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) illegal immigrants and (b) failed asylum seekers detained by the police have absconded en route to immigration detention or removal centres in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2008, Official Report, column 276W, on immigration: housing, how much funding is available for local authorities in the transitional costs fund; how much has been disbursed; which local authorities have received funding; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2008, Official Report, column 276W, on immigration: housing, how much funding is available for local authorities in the transitional costs fund; how much has been disbursed; which local authorities have received funding; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2008, Official Report, column 611W, on immigration: local authorities, how much is available under the transitional costs fund in 2008-09; how many local authorities have submitted claims to the fund; what the value...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2008, Official Report, column 611W, on immigration: local authorities, how much is available under the transitional costs fund in 2008-09; how many local authorities have submitted claims to the fund; what the value...