§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under Immigration Act powers(a) overnight, (b) between one night and one month and (c) for a period of more than one month in (i) Harmondsworth detention centre, (ii) the Queen's building Heathrow, (iii) terminal 4 Heathrow, (iv) The Beehive, Gatwick, (v) HM prison, Haslar and (vi) and other establishments, by name, during (1) 1991 and (2) 1992 to the latest convenient date; and of these people, how many in each category were (A) women, (B) children under 18 years of age and (C) men.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 3 July 1992]: The information readily available relates to the total number of 983W persons whose detention spanned at least one night. and is given in the table. Information on the length of the period of detention, the numbers of persons detained at locations other than those listed, and the numbers of women, children and men detained, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Persons detained overnight or longer at certain locations1 Location 1991 (year) 1992 (January to May) Harmondsworth2 1,119 192 Queen's Building, Heathrow 2,253 928 Terminal 4, Heathrow 2,058 653 The Beehive, Gatwick 2,897 1,557 Haslar 519 143 1 Unless otherwise stated, the data include persons initially detained elsewhere prior to being detained at the location given. 2 Data mainly exclude persons initially detained elsewhere, and exclude illegal entrants and deportees detained.