Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76523

Migrants: Detainees

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Alternative to Detention schemes piloted under the Home Office’s Community Engagement Pilot series.

Answer

Alex Norris
Following analysis of the pilots’ published evaluations, the Department did not see sufficient evidence to progress these. We will keep under review the feasibility of alternatives to detention, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part...

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