Oral QuestionDepartment 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

LabourSheffield 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.