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Brook House Inquiry — 24 mentions in Parliament since Sep 2023

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Written Question Commons
10 Jan 2025
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21024 on Migrants: Detainees, if she will specify whether each Brook House Inquiry recommendation has been (a) accepted, (b) partially accepted, (

Government answer
Home Office 30 out of the 33 recommendations made by the Brook House Inquiry have been accepted or partially accepted. Following full consideration three recommendations (recommendations 7, 19 and 30) have been rejected.Positive progress continues to be made against ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
18 Dec 2024
Immigration: Detainees
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford Bishops → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 November (HL2389), in which he says that the Home Office review into immigration detention will not assess all areas of the Brook House Inquiry, whether they inte

Government answer
Home Office The previous government published a command paper on 19 March 2024 in response to the Brook House Inquiry report. Positive progress continues to be made in addressing the Inquiry’s findings.A cross departmental working group chaired by the SCS Deputy Dire... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
18 Dec 2024
Migrants: Detainees
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry, published on 19 September 2023; and whether any of those recommendations have been completed.

Government answer
Home Office 30 out of the 33 recommendations made in the Brook House Inquiry report have been accepted or partially accepted, with 12 recommendations met and closed as of October 2024. The remaining recommendations remain on track for closure by summer 2025. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 Nov 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Siân Berry Green Party → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8868 on Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry, whether she plans to publish a response to each of the recomm

Government answer
Home Office The abuse that took place at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in 2017 was unacceptable.Whilst there are no plans to publish a response to each recommendation raised by the inquiry, positive progress continues to be made against the 30 accepted... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Nov 2024
Immigration: Detainees
Olivia Blake Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9238 on Immigration: Detainees, whether the Adults at Risk review will consider the (a) Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons)

Government answer
Home Office The scope of the Adults at Risk review includes the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024.The review forms part of the response to one of the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry (Recommendation 9: Review of the ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
11 Nov 2024
Immigration: Detainees
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford Bishops → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hanson of Flint on 14 October (HL Deb cols 17GC–20GC), whether the review into immigration detention will consider the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry and reassess which of its rec

Government answer
Home Office The Adults at Risk review forms part of the response to one of the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry (Recommendation 9: Review of the operation of Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001). However, it will not cover all areas of the Brook Hous... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
29 Oct 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Lord Scriven Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government which of the 33 recommendations in the Brook House Inquiry report they accept, and when each of these will be implemented.

Government answer
Home Office The abuse that took place at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in 2017 was unacceptable.The previous government published its response to the public inquiry into Brook House IRC on 19 March 2024, summarising the progress made since 2017 and add... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
14 Oct 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Government response to the Brook House Inquiry report, published on 19 March 2024, what progress her Department has made on implementing the re

Government answer
Home Office The abuse that took place at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in 2017 was unacceptable.The previous government published its response to the public inquiry into Brook House IRC on 19 March 2024, summarising the progress made since 2017 and add... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Oct 2024
Haslar Immigration Removal Centre
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to reopen Haslar Immigration Removal Centre, and if so, when.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office is proceeding with plans to open two refurbished IRCs on the sites of the former Campsfield House IRC at Kidlington in Oxfordshire, and the former Haslar IRC in Gosport, Hampshire. Both sites will be a mixture of refurbished and new-build ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Oct 2024
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre and Haslar Immigration Removal Centre
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry report published on 19 September 2023, what changes will be made to the operation of Haslar and Campsfield immigration removal centres when they reopen.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office is proceeding with plans to open two refurbished IRCs on the sites of the former Campsfield House IRC at Kidlington in Oxfordshire, and the former Haslar IRC in Gosport, Hampshire. Both sites will be a mixture of refurbished and new-build ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Oct 2024
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to reopen Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, and if so, when.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office is proceeding with plans to open two refurbished IRCs on the sites of the former Campsfield House IRC at Kidlington in Oxfordshire, and the former Haslar IRC in Gosport, Hampshire. Both sites will be a mixture of refurbished and new-build ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
29 Jul 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to review and respond to the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry report, published on 19 September 2023.

Government answer
Home Office The abuse that took place at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in 2017 was unacceptable and this government is committed to ensuring that it will never happen again.The previous government published its response to the Brook House Inquiry on 19... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
16 Jan 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry: Government Responses
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address recommendations 10, 15 and 18 of the Brook House Inquiry report, published 19 September 2023.

Government answer
Home Office The Government continues to reflect on the findings in the Brook House Inquiry report and progress is being made on recommendations. The Government response will be published in due course. This work is being overseen by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS), the ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
16 Jan 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry: Government Responses
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they can provide further details about the cross-Government working group created to manage the delivery of Brook House Inquiry report recommendations, including (1) what are the group's terms of reference, (2) who

Government answer
Home Office The Government continues to reflect on the findings in the Brook House Inquiry report and progress is being made on recommendations. The Government response will be published in due course. This work is being overseen by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS), the ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
16 Jan 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry: Government Responses
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Senior Civil Servant appointed to oversee the Government’s consideration of the Brook House Inquiry report, published 19 September 2023, will continue overseeing the implementation of the recommendations after t

Government answer
Home Office The Government continues to reflect on the findings in the Brook House Inquiry report and progress is being made on recommendations. The Government response will be published in due course. This work is being overseen by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS), the ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
16 Jan 2024
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry: Government Responses
Lord German Liberal Democrat → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their response to the Brook House Inquiry report, published 19 September 2023.

Government answer
Home Office The Government continues to reflect on the findings in the Brook House Inquiry report and progress is being made on recommendations. The Government response will be published in due course. This work is being overseen by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS), the ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
04 Dec 2023
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Baroness Lister of Burtersett Labour → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry to the Home Secretary dated 19 October, which asked what steps they are taking to review and respond to the inquiry’s recommendations and w

Government answer
Home Office The Government is carefully considering the findings of the Brook House Inquiry in its detailed report, including the recommendations and the Chair’s letter, in relation to the management of the immigration detention estate and the welfare of detained ind... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
27 Nov 2023
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
The Lord Bishop of Durham Bishops → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to publish a progress report on the implementation of recommendations from the Brook House Inquiry report, published on 19 September.

Government answer
Home Office The Government is carefully considering the findings of the Brook House Inquiry in its detailed report, including the recommendations in relation to the management of the immigration detention estate and the welfare of detained individuals. There are curr... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
19 Sep 2023
Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry
Alison Thewliss Scottish National Party → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to respond to the final report of the Brook House Inquiry.

Government answer
Home Office The Government will carefully consider the findings of the Brook House Inquiry in its detailed report, including the recommendations in relation to the management of the immigration detention estate and the welfare of detained individuals. Read full answer →
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