Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the provisions of immigration bail do not restrict the access to education of adult survivors of modern slavery.

Immigration bail is a valuable tool which enables individuals who are liable to be detained to remain in the community, subject to certain conditions. All individuals on immigration bail will have a minimum of one bail condition, but study is just one of the available options. It is not mandatory to impose a restriction on study; it should only be imposed where appropriate.

Guidance for Home Office staff clearly sets out the circumstances in which restricting study as a condition of immigration bail may be appropriate.

Any individual on immigration bail who is concerned that a study condition is inappropriate in their particular circumstances should be encouraged to contact the Home Office using the contact details on their Notification of Grant/Variation of Immigration Bail (BAIL 201) notice.

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