To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons women detainees at Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre may be (a) handcuffed and (b) given medication when being taken to UK airports. [144840]

Mr. Byrne: Handcuffs can be applied following a risk assessment where the detainee is deemed to present a control or security risk. Only medication associated with an extant medical condition, properly prescribed at the centre would accompany the individual.

Hansard 25th June 2007