Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13184

Detention Centres: Costs

Tabled: 8 November 2024

Answered: 18 November 2024

Question

Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party — Perth and Kinross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing the immigration detention estate by 290 places.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not comment on service provider procurement exercises, which are commercially sensitive. However, contracts are published upon the Contracts Finder website, once awarded. The Home Office is committed to ensuring value for money on all...

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