Migrants: Detainees
Commons · Question 76523 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Calum Miller
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Alternative to Detention schemes piloted under the Home Office’s Community Engagement Pilot series.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 16 Sep 2025
Following analysis of the pilots’ published evaluations, the Department did not see sufficient evidence to progress these. We will keep under review the feasibility of alternatives to detention, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part...