HL Deb 17 December 1998 vol 595 cc188-90WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many immigration detainees were held in each of the prisons or detention centres in use for this purpose on 31 October. [HL248]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The available information, relating to persons held in detention solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 October 1998 by place of detention, is given in the table.

Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 October 1998, by place of detention
Location Total Detainees
Immigration detention centres
Campsfield 179
Dover Harbour 20
Harmondsworth 90
Harwich 4
Heathrow's Queen's Building 15
Longport 8
Manchester Airport 8
Tinsley House 143
Prison establishments
Aberdeen 9
Belmarsh 11
Birmingham 5
Blakenhurst 3
Bristol 2
Brixton 9
Bullingdon 2
Canterbury 3
Chelmsford 3
Doncaster 3
Edinburgh 3
Feltham 2
Greenock 3
Haslar 137
High Down 22
Holloway 29
Holme House 2
Inverness 2
Lancaster Farms 2

Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 October 1998, by place of detention
Location Total Detainees
Leeds 4
Lewes 2
Liverpool 4
Maghabberry 1
Magilligan 12
Manchester 5
Norwich 5
Pentonville 7

Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 October 1998, by place of detention
Location Total Detainees
Rochester 190
The Mount 2
Wandsworth 9
Winchester 2
Wormwood Scrubs 19
Other prison establishments 8
Total 989
1 Excluding persons detained in police cells.