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Detention Centres: Costs

Asked by Pete WishartScottish National PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 18 November 2024UIN 13184

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing the immigration detention estate by 290 places.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not comment on service provider procurement exercises, which are commercially sensitive. However, contracts are published upon the Contracts Finder website, once awarded. The Home Office is committed to ensuring value for money on all IRC sites.

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