Oral Question·Home Office
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 22 May 2025Answered: 2 June 2025
Asked by
Peter Lamb
Labour — Crawley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)
Immigration centres are not used for indefinite detention. We can only keep anyone in detention in an immigration centre if there is a reasonable prospect of their removal. If there is not, they have to be released.