Deidre Brock – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Deidre Brock on 2016-07-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy that women detained at Yarl’s Wood are handcuffed when attending hospital.
James Brokenshire
Home Office policy remains that there should be a presumption against using handcuffs to escort detainees for medical visits. The decision to use handcuffs is made on the basis of an individual risk assessment, and we monitor the use of restraint by custody officers closely to ensure that the use of restraint is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.
Management information shows that from May 2015 to May 2016 there have been 31 incidents when a woman has been handcuffed when attending hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.
|
Month |
Incidents of handcuff use |
|
May 2015 |
0 |
|
June 2015 |
0 |
|
July 2015 |
0 |
|
August 2015 |
0 |
|
September 2015 |
1 |
|
October 2015 |
6 |
|
November 2015 |
6 |
|
December 2015 |
4 |
|
January 2016 |
5 |
|
February 2016 |
5 |
|
March 2016 |
1 |
|
April 2016 |
3 |
|
May 2016 |
0 |
This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics:
