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Immigration Removal Centres

Commons · Question 82110 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing detention capacity to a level that would facilitate the deportation of between 100,000 and 150,000 people per year.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 13 Nov 2025

The Home Office (specifically Immigration Enforcement), is currently expanding detention capacity through an active programme that will deliver an additional 1,000 beds over the coming years at Campsfield (Oxfordshire) and Haslar (Hampshire). This expansi...