HC Deb 08 March 1996 vol 273 cc407-8W
Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration detainees there were in each establishment in which they were held in January 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. [18895]

Mr. Kirkhope

[holding answer 5 March 1996]: The available information on persons detained solely under Immigration Act 1988 powers on 31 January 1996 is given in the table; the data exclude non-asylum port cases in detention for less than a month, as information on these cases is not available centrally. Corresponding information for 1993 to 1995 is not available.

Persons1 recorded as detained on 31 January 1996 solely under Immigration Act powers
Place of detention 2Number detained
Prison Service establishment
HMP Rochester 152
HMP Haslar 92
HMP Winson Green 49
HMP Brixton 19
HMP Greenock 12
HMP Wandsworth 12
HMP Wormwood Scrubs 12
HMP Crumlin Road 11
HMP Holloway 4
HMP Armley 3
HMP Belmarsh 3
HMP Bristol 3
HMP Craiginchess 3
HMP Liverpool 3
HMP Doncaster 2
HMP Elmley 2
HMP Pentonville 2
HMP Preston 2
HMP The Mount 2
HMP Winchester 2
HMYOI Feltham 3
Other establishments 23
416
Immigration Service detention centres3
Campsfield House 153
Harmondsworth 90
Gatwick 37
Queen's Building 19
Newhaven 16
Stansted 16
Dover 15
Manchester 9
Birmingham 4
Other posts 13
372
Persons1 recorded as detained on 31 January 1996 solely under Immigration Act powers
Place of detention 2Number detained
Other places of detention
Police cells 84
Unknown4 5
89
Total 877
1 Excluding non-asylum port cases in detention for less than a month.
2 Data are subject to recording error (eg in respect of delayed notification of reception into, and release from, detention).
3 Including detention accommodation at ports.
4 Venue is not recorded in the statistics.

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