Immigration Detention Centres (Hansard, 23 February 1993)

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) at which United Kingdom airports and sea ports his Department is extending current immigration detention facilities;
(2) what plans his Department has for detention centres to house detainees under the Immigration Act 1971; and what construction is currently taking place.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
A vacant prison service establishment at Campsfield house, Kidlington, near Oxford will be redeveloped during 1993 to provide at least 120 additional places for Immigration Act detainees. Other possible sites, including sites close to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, are under consideration, but no final decision has yet been taken.

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all detention centres or prisons in the United Kingdom in which people are currently detained under the Immigration Act 1971.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
In addition to immigration service places of detention at Harmondsworth, the Queen's building at Heathrow, the Beehive at Gatwick, Stansted airport and Manchester airport, the following prison establishments currently hold persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971:
Northern Ireland (as at 18 February 1993)

Crumlin Road

Scotland (as at 18 February 1993)

Gateside

Barlinnie

Craiginches

Saughton

England and Wales (as at 31 December 1992)

Bedford

Belmarsh

Birmingham

Brixton

Dorchester

Durham

Exeter

Gloucester

Haslar

Holloway

Holme House

Leeds

Leicester

Lewes

Lincoln

Pentonville

Woodhill

Wormwood Scrubs

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently detained under the Immigration Act 1971; and what was the total number of people detained in(a) 1990, (b) 1991, (c) 1992 and (d) for the first month of the current year.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
Information is not available in the form requested, but on 18 February there were 558 people detained under the Immigration Act 1971, including those detained temporarily in police cells. The total number of 489W such people initially detained during 1992 and January 1993 was as shown in the table. Equivalent figures are not available for 1990 or 1991.

Initially detained Number

In 1992 ¹6,413

In January 1993 ¹510

¹ These figures exclude those detained at ports of entry who did not claim asylum and who were detained for fewer than seven days. Records of such cases are not kept centrally.

Initially detained	Number
In 1992	¹6,413
In January 1993	¹510
¹ These figures exclude those detained at ports of entry who did not claim asylum and who were detained for fewer than seven days. Records of such cases are not kept centrally.