8th November 2006
How many pregnant women held at Yarl's Wood are fast track cases?

Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pregnant women held at Yarl's Wood are fast track cases; how many pregnant women detained there between 1 April 2004 and 31 January 2006 were fast track cases; how many of these reached 24 weeks of pregnancy while detained; and what procedures were followed in reviewing (a) the need for and (b) the conditions of their detention at this stage.

Lord Judd asked Her Majesty’s Government:
What progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on action to be taken at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre, especially those relating to children.