Immigration: Deportation

House of Lords written question – answered at on 17 March 2010.

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Photo of Lord Hylton Lord Hylton Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 24 February (HL2012), how many complaints received by the UK Border Agency concerning excessive force used by contractors in removing people from the United Kingdom have been upheld in each of the last five years; and what consequent action they took in respect of (a) companies, and (b) individuals.

Photo of Lord West of Spithead Lord West of Spithead Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Security and Counter-terrorism), Home Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Security and Counter-terrorism)

Data on complaints is available from February 2008. Local records show that two complaints received by the UK Border Agency concerning alleged excessive force used by contractors in removing people from the United Kingdom were upheld in 2008, and two in 2009.

In three of the upheld complaints, the accreditation of the custody officers was revoked. In the fourth complaint, the recommendation was accepted to provide coaching to the officer concerned.

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