Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what they consider to be a reasonable timescale in determining whether an individual can be detained pending removal, as provided for in the Immigration Act 2016: Draft Revised Guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, published in March.

In every decision to detain or to maintain detention, there must be a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable timescale. What is reasonable in any given case depends on the exact circumstances of that case.

When an individual falls within the scope of the adults at risk in immigration detention policy, the vulnerability factors in their case will be a key consideration in determining whether the length of detention necessary to effect their removal is reasonable.