Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) cleanliness and (b) safety at Manston asylum processing centre.

We take the safety and welfare of those in our care extremely seriously.

We provide for all the basic needs of people who will have arrived tired, cold, in wet clothing and who may not have eaten during their journey.

We provide suitable welfare provisions including hot food, fresh clothing, toilet facilities, sanitary packs and medical care.

The safety of our officers and those arriving by small boat is our utmost priority and risk assessments are under constant review as the situation changes.