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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 January 2019 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Monday, 7 January 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Migrants: Detainees

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total annual cost to the public purse has been of compensation paid to people who have been inappropriately held in immigration detention centres since 2010.

Answer

The Home Office wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 25 June 2018 detailing information relating to wrongful detention compensation claims. A copy of the response can be found here: https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/home-affairs/Correspondence-17-19/180625_Permanent_Secretary_Immigration%20Enforcement.pdf

For FY17/18 figure, please refer to the HO Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18 page 97, link below:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF

For FYs 2010/11 and 2011/12, the Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested. Our ledger will not allow us to provide this level of detail for those Financial Years.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
203272
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Compensation Detainees Migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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