Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 April 2001.
Mr Paul Boateng
Minister of State, Home Office, Minister of State (Home Office)
12:00,
9 April 2001
We hold only 1 per cent. of the total number detained at any time in prison. It is a far from ideal circumstance, but we try to ensure that when asylum seekers are held in prison, the conditions and the range of facilities available reflect their particular situation.
