G4S: Immigration Removal Centres Debate

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Department: Home Office

G4S: Immigration Removal Centres

Paul Blomfield Excerpts
Tuesday 8th May 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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I think that I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question. Let me just put the matter into context: 95% of individuals liable to removal from the UK at any one time are not detained and are therefore managed in the community. With regard to the time that people spend in detention, 63% of detainees left detention in under 29 days in 2017 and 92% left within four months.

Paul Blomfield Portrait Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)
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Following the Brook House scandal, I asked the Cabinet Office whether G4S had been considered for designation as a high-risk supplier, but I was stonewalled with the answer that such information is not published. Given that what we saw at Brook House was an appalling, comprehensive and systemic management failure, will the Minister explain what constitutes high risk?