Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to issue new tenders for the management of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.
The Home Office is currently undertaking a public-sector procurement for the award of a contract for the ongoing provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre. This procurement was launched on 21st July 2021. The new contract is due to be awarded in Spring 2023.