Written Question · S2W-16717 · Session 2
With reference to the letter of 16 May 2005 to me from the Minister for Communities which states inter alia "You queried the applicability …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the letter of 16 May 2005 to me from the Minister for Communities which states inter alia "You queried the applicability of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to children in Dungavel. The Act does not apply to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre as immigration is the responsibility of the Home Office", whether Chapter 3 of the Act and, in particular, Section 52, relating to children requiring compulsory measures of supervision and referrals under the Act to the Principal Reporter to the Children's Panel, do not apply to those children and, if so, when this interpretation was adopted.
The answer
In his letter of 16 May the Minister for Communities said that the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 did not apply to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre as immigration is the responsibility of the Home Office. The terms of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 do apply to the children of asylum seekers in Scotland, wherever they are located, except where disapplied by UK legislation.
The Minister for Communities wrote to you again on the 6 June to clarify his original letter.
The welfare of persons detained in Dungavel is a matter for the Home Office, and it is for them to respond to questions about the operation of the Immigration Removal Centre.
The Minister for Communities wrote to you again on the 6 June to clarify his original letter.
The welfare of persons detained in Dungavel is a matter for the Home Office, and it is for them to respond to questions about the operation of the Immigration Removal Centre.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-16717 by reference.