Prisons: Immigration Officers — Written Question

Question

Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party — Perth and Kinross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration Officers are were employed in the operational arm of the Foreign National Offender Returns Command Immigration Prison Team on 29 August 2025; which prisons those officers are base

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not hold central data on the number of visits conducted by immigration officers in UK prisons. However, as of 29 August 2025, there were 77 Immigration Officers employed by Foreign National Offender Returns Command. These officers are...

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