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Viraj Mendis (HoC, WA)

01 January 1991

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Viraj Mendis (HoC, WA)
artdoc June=1991

14.2.89 Col-116

Mrs Mahon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what
were the costs of the operation by police and immigration service officers
to seize Mr. Viral Mendis; and by whom these costs will be borne.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 25 January 19891: Additional costs
of the operation were in the region of ¼5,000, of which about ¼1,1OO were
police costs and about ¼3,900 immigration service and prison department
costs. For this purpose the operation includes the removal of Mr. Mendis
from the church; escorting him to London; his detention for two nights at
Her Majesty's prison Pentonville; and his deportation under escort to Sri
Lanka. Normal police funding arrangements apply to the additional police
costs. Immigration service and prison department costs are home by the
Home Office.

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