Guidance

Accommodation: lighting, heating and ventilation standards

Detention services order 06/2018 about standards of accommodation at detention centres.

• From: Home Office and Immigration Enforcement
• Published: 1 September 2008
• Last updated: 20 March 2026
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  1. 20 March 2026

     Updated paragraph 7 to align with paragraph 40 to reflect current processes.

  2. 17 October 2022

     Updated the guidance on lighting, heating and ventilation.

  3. 19 December 2018

     An update to the minimum accommodation standards.

  4. 26 January 2017

     Updated guidance.

  5. 1 September 2008

     First published.

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Home Office detention services order about the standards of lighting, heating and ventilation for accommodation at detention centres.