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date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the immigration detention estate was on (a) 8 May 2024, (b) 8 January 2024 and (c) 8 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Immigration detention capacity figures are not static and are subject to operational demands.</p><p> </p><p>Management information shows that detention capacity on 8 July 2023 was c2158 immigration removal centre (IRC) beds, rising to c2219 IRC beds on 8 January 2024. As of 24 April 2024, there is a capacity to detain c2200 people in IRCs, including those liable for removal to Rwanda, with more coming online in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:36:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1084450

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times he has visited immigration detention centres since his appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department; and which immigration detention centres he has so visited.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	230099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers conduct visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Home Office business regularly. It is our policy not to provide details of such visits.</p><p>Information on ministers’ meetings is released quarterly as part of Government transparency and accountability data and is available at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2019 14:36:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

890429

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127773, whether her Department is taking steps to assess how immigration detention centres can be monitored more effectively to remove reliance on whistle-blowers to report matters of significant concern.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	137665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Independent monitoring of our immigration removal centres (IRC) is vital to ensuring that each centre provides a secure and humane environment for detainees. Robust statutory oversight is provided by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Independent Monitoring Boards, ensuring that detainees are treated with proper standards of care and decency.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/04/2018 15:10:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

887264

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that immigration detention centres are more effectively monitored.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	136828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Independent monitoring of our Immigration Removal Centres is vital to ensuring that each centre provides a secure and humane environment for detainees. Recommendations are made by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons in their regular reviews, and public reports, of immigration removal centres. Accepted recommendations are incorporated into a publicly available service improvement plan.</p><p>Each centre has its own Independent Monitoring Board, tasked with ensuring proper standards of care and decency for detainees. The Boards issue annual reports, and also make recommendations for improvements.</p><p>Stephen Shaw’s independent review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons was published in 2016. The Government broadly accepted recommendations made in this review. Mr Shaw’s second review, which will assess implementation of the recommendations made in his first, will be laid before the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 09:50:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

709019

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish her Department's plan for the future of the immigration detention estate.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	66806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s strategy for the future of the immigration detention estate will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/03/2017 16:14:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

147590

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detention places were available at the end of each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	213922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of detention places available at the end of the last five financial years were as follows:<br><br>2008-2009 - 2,665<br>2009-2010- 2,670<br>2010-2011- 2,717<br>2011-2012 - 3,069<br>2012-2013 - 3,151<br>2013-2014 - 3,503<br><br>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/11/2014 17:11:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford