Immigration removal centre told to axe job advert teaching balloon craft and flower arranging
Ministers have told the operator of an immigration removal centre near Heathrow Airport to get rid of a series of job adverts.
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Mitie had been seeking staff including a tutor to lead cake decorating, floristry and balloon modelling workshops.
It says activities help manage the "stresses of detention".
Home Office minister Seema Malhotra has instructed Mitie to remove the jobs - some of which had annual salaries of nearly £39,000.
Ms Malhotra said: "We do not believe all these roles are necessary and have told the Home Office to speak to Mitie to remove them."
It is not yet clear which jobs Malhotra ordered to be scrapped.
A number of the jobs still remain on the government's Find a Job website.
The roles advertised at the facility include a "gym manager" with an advertised annual salary of £38,873.
Tasks included promoting "meaningful gym activities within the sportshalls, gym areas and courtyards".
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A "hospitality and floristry tutor" would be responsible for promoting and delivering "workshops in relevant creative skills including floristry, cake decorating, ballooncraft."
The position has an advertised annual salary of £31,585.
A spokesperson for Mitie said: "The impact of these services was highlighted in the recent HMIP report into Harmondsworth, which said that these provisions contributed to a greater overall focus on helping individuals to manage the stresses of detention."
A report published last year found conditions at the immigration centre in West London were "the worst" in the country, and put detainees at "imminent risk of harm".
It added drug use and violence at the centre were "widespread".