Contract for the provision of operational, management, maintenance and related works and services at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.

The Authority is responsible under the Immigration Act 1971, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Nationality Immigration, Asylum Act 2002 and the Immigration Act 2014, for detaining and/or enforcing the removal of certain persons (Detainees). The Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre will form one of seven Immigration Removal Centres with a total capacity of approximately 3,000 Detainees. The Yarl’s Wood IRC currently houses around 410 detainees and houses three different populations.