Kate Osamor – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Osamor on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women taken to hospital from Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have been handcuffed in transit in each of the last six months.
James Brokenshire
Provisional management information showing the number of women who have been handcuffed when taken to hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre over the requested period is detailed in the table below:
|
Month |
Number of Handcuffed Hospital Moves |
|
May |
0 |
|
June |
0 |
|
July |
0 |
|
August |
0 |
|
September |
1 |
|
October |
6 |
The increased figure in October 2015 was not due to any change in policy. These cases have been reviewed by the Home Office Use of Force Monitor to ensure that the use of handcuffs was appropriate. The review established that each case had been subject to an individual risk assessment, in accordance with standard policy, and that handcuffs were used on the basis of that outcome of that assessment.
