HC Deb 09 November 1999 vol 337 cc468-9W
Mr. Sarwar

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently detained under the Immigration Acts in (a) detention centres, (b) Prison Service establishments and (c) other accommodation. [97576]

Mrs. Roche

The latest available information, relating to the snapshot of all persons detained solely under Immigration Act powers, by location, on 30 September 1999, is given in the table.

Persons recorded as being in detention 1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 30 September 1999, by place of detention
Location Total detainees
Immigration detention centres 2
Campsfield House 174
Dover Harbour 27
Harmondsworth 90
Harwich 2
Heathrow's Queens building 15
Longport 5
Manchester airport 7
Tinsley House 142
Other immigration centres 1
Prison establishments
Aberdeen 8
Bedford 3
Belmarsh 10
Birmingham 2
Blakenhurst 5
Brixton 3
Canterbury 15
Dorchester 2
Durham 2
Elmley 5
Feltham 5
Gloucester 2
Haslar 157
High Down 16
Holloway 16
Holme House 2
Lancaster Farms 2
Leeds 5
Liverpool 4
Longriggend 18
Manchester 7
Norwich 2
Pentonville 10
Preston 2
Rochester 191
Swansea 2
Wandsworth 5
Winchester 3
Woodhill 2
Wormwood Scrubs 7
Other prison establishments 9
Total 985
1 Figures exclude persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover Harbour)
2 Figures include the use of police cells at Dover Harbour