Prime Minister's Questions (Yarl's Wood)

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Thursday 22nd July 2010 Written Statements

[The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg)]

In the course of Prime Minister’s questions yesterday, I confirmed to the House that:

“the Government will make an announcement shortly about how we will deliver on our pledge to end child detention and to close the Yarl’s Wood detention centre for good.”—[Official Report, 21 July 2010; Vol.514, col. 349].

I understand that this statement inadvertently caused some confusion. I am very happy to clarify that my statement related to child detention. Yarl’s Wood detention centre family unit will be closed for child and family detention, but the centre will continue to function as an immigration removal facility for adults.