Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 October 2025. It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Immigration Removal Centres
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing detention capacity to a level that would facilitate the deportation of between 100,000 and 150,000 people per year.
- Answer
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The Home Office (specifically Immigration Enforcement), is currently expanding detention capacity through an active programme that will deliver an additional 1,000 beds over the coming years at Campsfield (Oxfordshire) and Haslar (Hampshire). This expansion will significantly increase the number of enforced returns once operational.
Decisions on the required estate size will be based on several factors, including:
- The number of individuals eligible for removal;
- Opportunities to increase throughput within the current system through casework transformation;
- The need to deliver additional capacity in the most cost-effective way.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 82110
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Deportation Migrants Immigration removal centres
- Link
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- 2025-11-13 12:48:02 +0000
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