Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have announced plans for a new immigration detention centre creating an additional capacity for 400 men.

The immigration removal estate is kept under ongoing review to ensure that the Home Office has sufficient resilience, geographical footprint and capacity for the men and women it proves necessary to detain for the purposes of removal, while providing value for money.

As the previous Prime Minister said in April, the Government is expanding its immigration detention facilities to remove those with no right to remain in the UK. In June 2022, the Home Office announced the first stages of procurement to operate a new immigration removal centre (IRC) on the site of the former Campsfield House, Oxfordshire. Our plans for the site of the former Campsfield House IRC are part of that expansion. The new IRC, which will be a secure facility and will accommodate around 400 men, will not be operational until at least late 2023.