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answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
uin	25179
min ddp modified	2024-04-23T19:05:47.603Z

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answering body

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is ministerial correction

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1716428

registered interest

date

08/05/2024

answering body

Home Office

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Detention Centres

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

13/05/2024

answer text

Immigration detention capacity figures are not static and are subject to operational demands. 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.

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