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Migrants: Detainees

Asked by Pete WishartScottish National PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 18 November 2024UIN 13185

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of immigration detention (a) in total, (b) per person detained and (c) by detention centre in the 2024-25 financial year.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The total amount spent on immigration detention in the 2024/25 financial year will be published in the Home Office annual report and accounts in 2025.

The Home Office does not publish the costs associated with each Immigration Removal centre as this is commercially sensitive.

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