08/26/2026
A potential £1.08 BILLION Home Office contract. Immigration detention planning potentially stretching to 2038. Around 39,000 small-boat arrivals in the year ending March 2026. I'm not interested in political slogans. I want to know what assumptions sit behind the Government's long-term planning. Sources: Home Office, Immigration System Statistics, YE March 2026: illegal-route arrivals, small boats, detention and returns. Home Office, 29 June 2026: 40% detention-capacity expansion and 45,000+ planned removals. Home Office, Find a Tender, Heathrow IRC Operator Services: £901.5m ex VAT / £1.0818bn inc VAT; possible extension to 31 March 2038. Home Office Immigration Statistics Data Tables, March 2026: underlying illegal-entry and returns datasets.