§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people are currently detained under Immigration Act powers in(a) detention centres, (b) Prison Service establishments and (c) other accommodation; [92892]
(2) how many people are currently detained solely under Immigration Act powers who have been detained continuously for longer than three months. [92897]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe latest available information, relating to the snapshot of all persons detained solely under Immigration Act 1971 powers, by location, as at 31 May, is given in the table. The figures exclude persons detained under dual Immigration Act 1971 and other powers, for whom comprehensive data are not recorded centrally.
Data relating to length of detention are not recorded centrally for all persons detained solely under Immigration Act 1971 powers. The information requested on the number of persons who had been detained continuously for longer than three months is, therefore, only available at disproportionate cost.
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Persons recorded as being in detention 1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 May 1999, by place of detention Location Total detainees Immigration detention centres 2 Campsfield 182 Dover Harbour 14
Persons recorded as being in detention 1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 May 1999, by place of detention Location Total detainees Harmondsworth 91 Heathrow's Queen's Building 12 Manchester Airport 14 Tinsley House 142 Other immigration detention centres 1 Prison establishments Aberdeen 2 Bedford 2 Belmarsh 10 Blackenhurst 4 Bristol 2 Brixton 10 Canterbury 6 Chelmsford 2 Cornton Vale 2 Dorchester 2 Elmley 5 Feltham 2 Haslar 151 High Down 22 Highpoint 3 Holloway 16 Holme House 7 Lancaster Farms 2 Leeds 4 Liverpool 2 Longriggend 22 Manchester 9 Norwich 2 Pentonville 9 Preston 2 Rochester 181 Winchester 2 Woodhill 2 Wormwood Scrubs 10 Other prison establishments 11 Total 962 1 Figures exclude persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover Harbour) 2 Figures include the use of police cells at Dover Harbour
§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in the past 12 months for which records are available the recommended period, in respect of persons held under Immigration Act powers, of five days in policy custody was exceeded by(a) extending, (b) renewing and (c) transferring a detainee from one station to another. [93517]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe Immigration (Places of Detention) Direction 1996 specifies that an individual may be detained in a police station for a maximum of five nights with an additional two nights only where Removal Directions have been set. However, current policy is to detain an individual in a police station for no more than two nights with the provision of an extension with the authority of an Immigration Inspector. Data on those detained in police cells for more than five nights, ie where 273W Removal Directions are in place, cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs. However, the number is believed to be very small.
§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost of immigration detention in the past 12 months; how much of this is represented by(a) designated prisons, (b) other prisons, (c) police stations, (d) Immigration Service detention facilities and (e) airport holding facilities; and what proportion of the cost is represented by ex-convicts awaiting deportation, beyond the date on which they would otherwise have been released, under section 3(5) or (6). [93515]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe total cost of immigration detention in the last financial year is estimated to be £40,228,000, including overheads, of which £15,135,000 is for designated prisons,(a) costs for Immigration Act 1971 detainees in other prisons, (b) can only be provided at disproportionate cost; £1,360,000 is for detention in police stations, (c) £18,151,000 for Immigration Service detention facilities at Harmondsworth, Tinsley House and Campsfield House, (d) £5,582,000 for other detention facilities at ports and airports, and (e) the costs of detaining ex-convicts awaiting deportation, beyond the date on which they would normally be released cannot be obtained except at disproportionate cost.