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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 |
408W
| 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. |