Robert Jenrick corrected a written answer on Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Infectious Diseases

3 January 2023 · Commons written answer · Home Office

Stephen Kinnock (Labour, Aberavon) asked written question 98826 on 29 November 2022. Robert Jenrick answered on 2 December 2022 for the Home Office, and Robert Jenrick corrected the answer on 3 January 2023. The corrected text no longer gives the figure 4.31. Altogether 122 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to act on the findings of the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons into conditions at Manston asylum centre published in July 2022 which indicated that the facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases were poor.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The HMIP report ~~on the inspection~~ of the ~~short-term holding facilities at Manston between 25 – 28 July 2022 made~~ no specific mention of concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases. The ~~report makes clear (paragraph 4.31)~~ that the ~~paramedic team at Manston was well-staffed, available 24 hours a day and that there~~ were ~~effective arrangements with local hospitals for immediate transfer in a medical emergency.~~	. The HMIP report lists 6 Priority Concerns and 8 further Key Concerns which HMIP inspectors felt required addressing at Manston and Western Jetfoil. While one of the Priority Concerns (Priority Concern 3) referenced weaknesses in the governance of health care processes, no specific mention was made in any of the concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases. The Home Office developed a Service Improvement Plan in response to the 14 Concerns listed in the report, and worked quickly with its medical contractors to ensure that the deficiencies highlighted in Priority Concern 3 were quickly addressed.

Original

Corrected

The HMIP report ~~on the inspection~~ of the ~~short-term holding facilities at Manston between 25 – 28 July 2022 made~~ no specific mention of concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases.
The ~~report makes clear (paragraph 4.31)~~ that the ~~paramedic team at Manston was well-staffed, available 24 hours a day and that there~~ were ~~effective arrangements with local hospitals for immediate transfer in a medical emergency.~~

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The HMIP report lists 6 Priority Concerns and 8 further Key Concerns which HMIP inspectors felt required addressing at Manston and Western Jetfoil. While one of the Priority Concerns (Priority Concern 3) referenced weaknesses in the governance of health care processes, no specific mention was made in any of the concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases.
The Home Office developed a Service Improvement Plan in response to the 14 Concerns listed in the report, and worked quickly with its medical contractors to ensure that the deficiencies highlighted in Priority Concern 3 were quickly addressed.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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