Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Bus Recovery Grant funding after June 2023.”
Tabled: 30 March 2023Answered: 20 April 2023
Asked by
Olivia Blake
Labour — Sheffield Hallam
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
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.