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1675702

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Community Engagement Pilot series, what consideration they have given to alternatives to immigration detention, especially for those with medical needs.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR’s independent evaluations of the Community Engagement Pilot series found no definitive evidence that community-based case management focused alternatives to immigration detention led to the quicker resolution of individual cases nor represented better value for money. Given that these key tests for the pilots were not met, we have no plans to progress any further community-based case management focused alternatives to immigration detention.</p><p>The published Home Office response to the evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advice Service pilot can be found within the evaluation report at Appendix C.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL871 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:09:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1675704

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the UNHCR, Evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advice Service’s Alternative to Detention Pilot, published 23 August; and what plans they have to use its findings to inform ministerial decision-making in regard to the development and implementation of alternatives to migrant detention in the UK.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR’s independent evaluations of the Community Engagement Pilot series found no definitive evidence that community-based case management focused alternatives to immigration detention led to the quicker resolution of individual cases nor represented better value for money. Given that these key tests for the pilots were not met, we have no plans to progress any further community-based case management focused alternatives to immigration detention.</p><p>The published Home Office response to the evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advice Service pilot can be found within the evaluation report at Appendix C.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL869 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:09:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1672989

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to revise and re-issue guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, which was last published in May 2021, as set out in section 59 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out by Lord Murray during the passage of the Illegal Migration Bill through parliament, the Home Office will be updating the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy to work with provisions in the Illegal Migration Act. In accordance with section 59 of the Immigration Act 2016, amendments to the statutory guidance will be laid before parliament by statutory instrument in due course.</p><p>A separate, broader review of the Adults at Risk policy is also currently being undertaken and includes reviewing Rule 34 and Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 11/12/2023 14:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1565259

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many persons are currently held in immigration detention.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes numbers of detainees in the Immigration Statistics quarterly release on gov.uk. The most recent published total of people in detention was for the end of September 2022, when there were 2,077 detainees held.</p><p>For more information about how this data should be interpreted, please see the ‘About the statistics’ section of the release.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 14:14:01 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1549170

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many persons were held in immigration detention for (1) removal from the UK, and (2) assessment purposes, for the most recent date that data are available; and whether the Manston immigration centre is still overcrowded and therefore potentially a risk to health.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on people held in detention in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>Data on those in detention relate to those in detention on the last day of the quarter. Reasons for detention are not published in the data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of detainees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 Q4</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 Q1</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 Q2</p></td><td><p>2,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 Q3</p></td><td><p>2,077</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 20/12/2022 17:38:35 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1543835

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals were held in immigration detention at the (1) Dover, (2) Manston, and (3) Napier Barracks, immigration centres on the most recent dates for which data are available; and what is the normal capacity of each facility.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Western Jetfoil at Dover is a reception area for individuals rescued from the Channel. Napier Barracks is not a detention facility. No individuals are held under immigration detention at either Western Jetfoil or Napier Barracks.</p><p>Manston is a processing centre and short-term holding facility, not a detention facility. As of 1500hrs on 24 November 2022, no persons were held under immigration detention at Manston. Manston provides a mix of different types of accommodation to allow the Home Office to flex to meet the demands of fluctuating numbers and cohorts of people crossing the Channel. That inevitably brings a level of fluidity to capacity levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 05/12/2022 17:53:35 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1543837

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a maximum time limit for immigration detention; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Detention is an essential part of effective immigration control. We only detain people where removal is a realistic prospect within a reasonable timeframe, or to establish their identity or the basis of their claim.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 05/12/2022 16:41:34 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1535215

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have adopted the recommendation in the report by Stephen Shaw Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons (Cm 9186), published in January 2016, to reduce the use of detention for immigration purposes and to explore alternatives.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The government remains committed to using detention only where necessary. Indeed, the vast majority of people liable to be removed from the UK are granted immigration bail.</p><p> </p><p>Stephen Shaw’s reports (from 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention, informing both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. The broad programme of reforms has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Department’s immigration detention reform programme, we conducted two pilots exploring alternatives to detention. In line with international best practice, each pilot ran for two years before final evaluation.</p><p>The first of these pilots, Action Access, provided women who would otherwise be detained with a programme of support in the community. This pilot concluded on 31 March 2021 after operating for two years. The second pilot, the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service, supported both men and women and concluded in June this year as planned.</p><p>We are working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on these pilots and they have appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate this work. The evaluation report of the Action Access pilot was published on the 24 January 2022 and the report for the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service is due to be published early next year. We will use the evaluations of these pilots to inform our future approach to case-management focused alternatives to detention.</p><p> </p><p>The immigration removal estate is kept under ongoing review to ensure sufficient resilience and capacity for the men and women it is necessary to detain for the purposes of removal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, faced with an unprecedented situation on the south coast, the Government announced a package of measures to tackle illegal migration, further strengthen safe and legal routes and break the business model of people smuggling gangs. As part of wider work to support this package, the Government announcement confirmed that the removals estate would be expanded. In operating these sites our focus will be on dignity, welfare and safety.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 09/11/2022 17:23:09 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1488595

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who are (1) survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, and (2) otherwise recognised as vulnerable under the Adults at Risk policy, were brought to an immigration detention centre in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, and (c) 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL1711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of case records and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention (AAR) policy strengthens the presumption against the detention of those who are particularly vulnerable to harm in detention. Under the AAR policy, vulnerable individuals will be detained only when the evidence of vulnerability in their particular case is outweighed by the immigration considerations, including expected date of removal, compliance with immigration law, and public protection. Where a decision is taken to maintain the detention of a vulnerable person, safeguards are in place including regular reviews to ensure detention remains lawful, appropriate and proportionate.</p><p>All Home Office staff working in the detention system are given training and support to identify and act upon indicators of vulnerability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/07/2022 07:49:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1487158

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the hourly rate of pay for detainees in immigration removal centres; and how many hours have been worked by detainees in each year since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL1538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>In accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, all detained persons should be provided with an opportunity to participate in activities to meet, as far as possible, their recreational and intellectual needs. This includes the provision of voluntary paid activity opportunities. Rule 17 of the Detention Centre Rules permits those in detention to engage voluntarily in paid activities. These activities are provided to meet the recreational and intellectual needs of detained individuals. In accordance with Rule 17, pay rates are determined by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The currently approved rates of pay are £1 per hour and, for specified projects, £1.25 per hour, as set out in the published Detention Services Order 1/2013 ‘Paid Activities’. Management information on the number of hours of paid activity undertaken by detained individuals for each year from 2015 is set out in the table below. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p><strong>Total hours of paid activity undertaken</strong></p><p> </p><p>2015 - 920,597</p><p>2015 - 881,077</p><p>2017 - 669,213</p><p>2018 - 532,876</p><p>2019 - 454,000</p><p>2020 - 250,970</p><p>2021 - 126,282</p><p>2022 (January 1<sup>st</sup> to June 30<sup>th</sup>) - 98,351</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2022 16:50:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser