Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have died from covid-19 in immigration removal centres in England and Wales since the start of the covid-19 lockdown.
The safety and health of people in the detention estate is of the utmost importance. We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place.
Any death in immigration detention is subject to investigation by the police, the coroner (or Procurator Fiscal in Scotland) and the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
As of 14 May 2020, there have been no deaths in immigration removal centres as a result of COVID-19.
As of 18 May 2020, there are no cases of Coronavirus in Immigration Removal Centres.