Written Question·Home Office·UIN 70328

Prisons: Immigration Officers

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Pete Wishart

Scottish National PartyPerth and Kinross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the embedded hubs for the Immigration Prison Teams are located; which prisons are included in each hub; and how many Immigration Officers are employed in each hub.

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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