Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed diphtheria cases have been detected at the Manston Asylum Processing Centre; and how many of these have been reported to the UK Health Security Agency.

Medical services are delivered at Manston and Western Jetfoil through two separate but complementary contracts with external suppliers. Currently, in total, there are eight paramedical/medical trained staff on site by day, in a fully equipped medical centre. In addition, there are three Emergency Department Consultant doctors providing clinical cover at the site; and a Consultant is on site during the day between 0800-2000hrs, with on-call cover provided overnight.

To date there have been 6 confirmed cases of Diphtheria at Manston. All suspected cases are isolated in line with public health guidance. Every confirmed case is referred to the UK Health Security Agency by the laboratory.