questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a limit on the period of time that someone can remain in a short-term hold facility.
answerText: There are already time limits on detention in short-term holding facilities.Section 147 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 defines a short-term holding facility as a place where a detained person may be detained for not more than 7 days, or such other...
heading: Short-term Holding Facilities