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Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of 240 additional detention beds at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre on the number of enforced returns.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of 240 additional detention beds at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre on the number of enforced returns.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The additional 240 beds at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) form part of the IRC Expansion Programme, which will deliver around 1,000 additional long‑term male bed spaces, increasing overall detention capacity to approximately 3,500 beds.Increa...

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