§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many persons they currently hold subject to restrictions in (a) asylum reception centres; and (b) immigration detention centres; and in respect of (b) how many are subject to removal orders or are facing criminal charges. [HL4794]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Filkin)The latest available data on the number of persons held in (a) Oakington Asylum reception centre and (b) dedicated immigration removal centres relate to 30 March 2002 and are contained in the table.
Reception centre Population at 30 March 20021 Oakington 230 Immigration Removal Centres Harmondsworth 525 Campsfield House 185 Haslar 135 Tinsley House 125 Lindholme 95 Dungavel 90 Yarl's Wood2 5 Total Removals Centres 1,160 1 Figures are rounded to nearest five. 2 Only five detainees were being held at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre, which was being temporarily emptied of detainees following the fire there on 14–15 February 2002. Figures for the number of those detainees who were subject to removal orders as at 30 March would be available only by examination of individual case files at disproportionate cost. Persons facing criminal charges would not normally be held in an immigration removal centre.
Information on Immigration Act detainees as at 29 June will be published on 30 August on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html.