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1717662

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Introduction to the Government Response to the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to the United Kingdom from 27 March to 6 April 2023 (CPT/Inf (2024) 09), whether he has had recent discussion with Cabinet colleagues on the implications for their policies of the (a) conditions of detention and (b) treatment of persons held under immigration powers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	25992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Detention plays a key role in maintaining effective immigration control and securing the UK’s borders, particularly in connection with the removal of people who have no right to remain in the UK but who refuse to leave voluntarily.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office takes the welfare and safety of people in its care very seriously and we are committed to ensuring the proper protection and treatment of people in detention.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 16/05/2024 13:35:15 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1716222

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government Response to the recommendation in paragraph 47 of the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to the United Kingdom from 27 March to 6 April 2023 (CPT/Inf (2024) 09) that a healthcare professional be present during all Assessment, Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) interviews in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs), if he will take steps to address resourcing constraints of healthcare staff in order to meet the needs of mentally vulnerable people in detention.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	25081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Healthcare services in immigration detention facilities in England are commissioned by NHS England. We take our responsibility towards detained individuals seriously and work closely with NHS England to ensure the health and safety of people we detain is safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare staff attend Assessment, Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) reviews where possible, and particularly if there are health concerns with the individual in question or a specific request for healthcare attendance has been made. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recording-attempted-self-harm-in-detention-centres" target="_blank">DSO 01/2022 Assessment care in detention and teamwork</a> provides guidance on the care and management of individuals under the ACDT process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 14:40:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1716223

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 35(1) reports made by GPs working in Immigration Removal Centres setting out their concerns that continued detention of a person was likely to be injurious to their health were received by his Department from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023; how many such persons were released from detention as a result of such a report; and in how many cases was detention continued because his Department believed that the vulnerabilities identified by the medical practitioner were outweighed by immigration control factors.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	25082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>We regularly publish data on Rule 35(1) report from GPs in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs).</p><p>For the information from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023. Information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-q4-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-q4-2023</a>.</p><p>DT_03: Reports made by a medical practitioner to the Home Office under Rule 35 on individuals in immigration detention by level (1, 2 and 3).</p><p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office refers to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p>We do not routinely publish information about whether continued detention could be harmful to a person’s health along with details on number of people released or where detention was continued for immigration control reasons.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 10:50:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1663387

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 8–25 August 2022, published on 6 December 2022, when she expects a plan to resolve the concerns identified in the report to be published.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	201241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has fully considered the recommendations made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons following his inspection report of Derwentside immigration removal centre. The Government’s response to the recommendations made, including the actions being taken forward, will be published on the Inspectorate’s website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2023 12:54:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1606450

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgeries took place (a) in total and (b) in person at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre from (i) 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and (ii) 1 July 2022 to date.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	171569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>From Monday 3 April 2023 all DDAS appointments will be facilitated in-person.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who have signed up via the legal help scheme following a DDAS surgery, and the proportion of those women who had further in-person appointments with a firm on the DDAS rota following an advice surgery, is not held centrally and therefore cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 171570 171571 question first answered 29/03/2023 16:58:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1606453

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre have been provided advice via a Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgery between (a) 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and (b) since 1 July 2022; and what proportion of those women have been provided with advice via an in-person surgery.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	171570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>From Monday 3 April 2023 all DDAS appointments will be facilitated in-person.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who have signed up via the legal help scheme following a DDAS surgery, and the proportion of those women who had further in-person appointments with a firm on the DDAS rota following an advice surgery, is not held centrally and therefore cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 171569 171571 question first answered 29/03/2023 16:58:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1606455

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre have been signed up via the legal help scheme following a Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgery (a) between 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and (b) since 1 July 2022; and what proportion of those women had further in-person attendances with a firm on the DDAS rota following an advice surgery.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	171571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>From Monday 3 April 2023 all DDAS appointments will be facilitated in-person.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who have signed up via the legal help scheme following a DDAS surgery, and the proportion of those women who had further in-person appointments with a firm on the DDAS rota following an advice surgery, is not held centrally and therefore cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 171569 171570 question first answered 29/03/2023 16:58:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1588107

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession
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 answers of 14 July 2022, 26 September 2022 and 9 February 2023 to Questions 32512, 53359 and 138399 on Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC): Legal Profession, what assessment she has made of the reason for the increase in the number of in-person legal visits at Derwentside IRC between 22 and 30 September 2022 compared with the number between 1 July and 21 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	150648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p>Access to DDAS legal advice across the immigration removal estate is currently facilitated through both remote means (by telephone and video conferencing) and in-person visits on request. The volume of requests for in-person appointments may vary, with more requests at Derwentside IRC having been made at certain times than at others, and it is currently a matter for the detained individual to decide the means by which their appointment is facilitated.</p><p>Previously released data was provisional management information, which is not assured to the standard of Official Statistics and is subject to change. We are working with the LAA to better understand the data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/02/2023 16:52:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1583288

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legal visits took place under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme at Derwentside immigration removal centre between (a) 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022, (b) 1 October 2022 and 31 December 2022 and (c) 1 January 2023 and 31 January 2023; and how many of those visits took place (i) in person, (ii) by Skype and (iii) by telephone for each of those periods.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	138399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p> </p><p>Access to legal advice across the immigration removal estate is facilitated through remote means (by telephone and video conferencing) as well as in-person visits on request. All people in IRCs are provided with a mobile phone and have access to landline telephones on request, fax machines, email and video calling facilities which can be used to contact legal representatives, family, or friends.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of DDAS and non-DDAS legal visits held at Derwentside IRC, including the means by which they were facilitated, from 1 July 2022 to 31 January 2023 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2022 – 30 September 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 October 2022 – 31 December 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 January 2023 – 31 January 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>DDAS Appointments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In-person</strong></p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Skype</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Telephone</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>Non-DDAS Appointments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In-person</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Skype</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Telephone</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes data on people in detention on the last day of each quarter in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’, as well as data on people entering detention during each quarter. The latest data relate to the end of September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on people in detention are published in table Det_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention" target="_blank">Detention detailed tables</a>’ and data on people entering detention are published in table Det_D01. The data can be broken down by current place/first place of detention of detention (including Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre), and sex.</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating to people in detention at the end of December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 138400 138401 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:38:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1583289

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-Detained Duty Advice Scheme legal visits took place at Derwentside immigration removal centre between (a) 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022, (b) 1 October 2022 and 31 December 2022 and (c) 1 January 2023 and 31 January 2023; and how many of those visits took place (i) in person, (ii) by Skype and (iii) by telephone for each of these periods.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	138400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.</p><p> </p><p>Access to legal advice across the immigration removal estate is facilitated through remote means (by telephone and video conferencing) as well as in-person visits on request. All people in IRCs are provided with a mobile phone and have access to landline telephones on request, fax machines, email and video calling facilities which can be used to contact legal representatives, family, or friends.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of DDAS and non-DDAS legal visits held at Derwentside IRC, including the means by which they were facilitated, from 1 July 2022 to 31 January 2023 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2022 – 30 September 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 October 2022 – 31 December 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 January 2023 – 31 January 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>DDAS Appointments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In-person</strong></p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Skype</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Telephone</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>Non-DDAS Appointments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In-person</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Skype</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Telephone</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes data on people in detention on the last day of each quarter in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’, as well as data on people entering detention during each quarter. The latest data relate to the end of September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on people in detention are published in table Det_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention" target="_blank">Detention detailed tables</a>’ and data on people entering detention are published in table Det_D01. The data can be broken down by current place/first place of detention of detention (including Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre), and sex.</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating to people in detention at the end of December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 138399 138401 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:38:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne