Written Question·Home Office·UIN 1403

Alternatives to Prison: Pilot Schemes

Tabled: 23 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Olivia Blake

LabourSheffield Hallam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost efficiency of alternative to detention pilot projects operated by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the potential m

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternative to detention pilots, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.