Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children under the age of eight have been held at Manston for any period of time during 2022.

The Home Office is not aware of any unaccompanied children among the family groups who have been processed at Manston. The Home Office does not routinely use Manston to process unaccompanied children, instead every effort is made to prioritise them through the Kent Intake Unit. There are no unaccompanied children currently at Manston.