§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many Immigration Act detainees were held in each of the prisons or detention centres in use for this purpose on 30 November and 31 December respectively. [H1432]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe available information, relating to persons held in detention solely under Immigration Act powers as at 30 November and 31 December 1998 by place of detention, is given in the tables.
108WA
Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 30 November 1998, by place of detention Location Total Detainees Immigration detection centers Campsfield 184 Dover Harbour 14 Harmondsworth 90 Heathrow's Queen's Building 15 Longport 4 Manchester Airport 9 Tinsley House 146 Other immigration detention centres 1 Prison establishments Belmarsh 10 Birmingham 5 Brixton 12 Bullingdon 2 Canterbury 5 Craiginches 10 Durham 2 Edinburgh 6 Gateside 5 Haslar 129 High Down 23 Holloway 20 Holme House 2 Inverness 2 Leeds 4 Liverpool 5 Magilligan 7 Manchester 4 Norwich 3 Pentonville 9 Rochester 192 The Mount 2 Wandsworth 9 Winchester 3 Woodhill 2 Wormwood Scrubs 18 Other prison establishments 12 Total 966 1 Excluding persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover).
Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 December 1998, by place of detention Location Total Detainees Immigration detention centers Campsfield 169 Dover Harbour 17 Harmondsworth 88 Heathrow's Queen's Building 15 Longport 8 Manchester Airport 13 Tinsley House 135 Other immigration detention centres 1 Prison establishments Belmarsh 13 Bedford 2 Blakenhurst 2 Brixton 14 Bullingdon 3 Canterbury 5 Craiginches 7 Edinburgh 6 Haslar 111 High Down 24 Holloway 19 Holme House 2 Leeds 2 Lewes 2 Longriggend 10 Magilligan 7 Manchester 4 Norwich 3 Pentonville 6 Rochester 181 Wandsworth 10 Woodhill 2 Wormwood Scrubs 15 Other prison establishments 17 Total 913 1 Excluding persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover).