Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms her Department has established to ensure that Serco fulfils its contractual obligations as the operator of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.

Onsite Home Office Compliance Teams are responsible for ensuring that Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) contracted centre providers are fulfilling their contractual requirements.

Performance is monitored through a robust and comprehensive system of contract management, to ensure that the Home Office is receiving effective service and value for money.

As part of this contract monitoring process, contractual failures have been identified at Derwentside IRC and appropriate action taken.