Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are for her policies on the use of immigration detention of the Panorama documentary of 4 September 2017.

The Government takes the allegations raised by BBC Panorama, and the welfare of immigration detainees generally, very seriously. The Government’s policy remains that detention should be used only sparingly and for the shortest period necessary. Stephen Shaw is currently reviewing Home Office progress against his 2015 recommendations in relation to the welfare of vulnerable people in immigration detention and the Government will keep its policies under review accordingly.