Deportation
Commons · Question 74962 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detention places are currently available for foreign nationals awaiting deportation.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 12 Sep 2025
Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) are used flexibly to detain foreign nationals liable for removal from the UK. This includes time-served foreign national offenders, immigration offenders and those who have arrived in the UK illegally. As of 1 September,...