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1680972

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) planned timetable and (b) scope is for the review of his Department's Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy; and whether he has plans to consult outside of his Department as part of that review.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	8872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently undertaking a review of the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention Policy. The policy aims to safeguard vulnerable individuals in immigration detention by providing a framework to assess if their detention or continued detention is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The scope of the review includes the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy and Detention Centre Rules 34 and 35. The review is ongoing and the timetable for completion will become clearer as the review progresses.</p><p>Engagement outside of the Department will form part of this review and the process for this engagement is currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2024 11:27:11 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

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

1640519

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department expects the report by Kings Arms Bedford on the second joint UNHCR Home Office Alternatives to Detention pilot project to be published.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	186885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR have appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate this pilot. We expect them to publish their report soon.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 13:29:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1640531

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on pursuing alternatives to immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	186954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>In response to Stephen Shaw’s 2016 review of detention and follow-up report of 2018, the Home Office worked closely with UNHCR to deliver the Community Engagement Pilots.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 13:32:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1599984

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are (a) held in immigration detention and (b) detained under immigration powers in prison.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	155060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people in immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The number of people in detention at the end of each quarter are 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 datasets</a>’, where the data can be broken down by current place of detention. The latest data relate to as at the end of December 2022.</p><p>Data as at the end of March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/03/2023 17:58:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

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

1552093

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when they expect the Kings Arms Project to publish the Alternatives To Detention report.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	111544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2022 answer text <p>The first Community Engagement Pilot, 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, as planned. To increase external credibility of evaluation, the UNHCR appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate this work. The independent evaluation of Action Access was published on 24 January 2022.</p><p>The second pilot, the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service, supported both men and women in the community and remained in operation for two years until June 2022. The independent evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service is expected to be published by NatCen early next year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/12/2022 10:21:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1552201

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, published January 2016, what recent progress she has made on implementing Recommendation 51 on an alternative to SystmOne.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	111704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work 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>Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 111705 111706 111707 111708 111709 111710 question first answered 22/12/2022 13:05:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran