Question follow-through · 1403
Alternatives to Prison: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost efficiency of alternative to detention pilot projects operated by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the potential m
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost efficiency of alternative to detention pilot projects operated by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the potential m
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternative to detention pilots, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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