Detention Centres: Coronavirus

(asked on 9th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise the risk of covid-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in immigration removal centres.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 12th March 2020

All immigration removal centres have communicable disease contingency plans, based on guidance published by Public Health England. These plans are tested on a regular basis.

Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of Covid-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.

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