HC Deb 27 April 2001 vol 367 cc437-8W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those people currently held in detention under immigration law, indicating the number held in each(a) institution, (b) prison and (c) police station. [158973]

Mrs. Roche

[holding answer 26 April 2001]The latest available information, relating to the number of persons detained under Immigration Act 1971 powers in each place of detention is given in the table. Information on persons detained in police stations is not held centrally and could be obtained only by examining individual case files at disproportionate cost.

Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 March 2001, by place of detention
Location Total detainees
Immigration Detention Centres2
Campsfield House 179
Dover Harbour 23
Harmondsworth 90
Harwich 2
Longport 4
Tinsley House 100
Prison establishments3
Acklington 2
Bedford 5
Belmarsh 52
Birmingham 6
Brixton 14
Canterbury 4
Cardiff 49
Chelmsford 6
Cornton Vale 2
Craiginches 7
Doncaster 11
Dorchester 4
Durham 3
Feltham 6
Forest Bank 6
Gateside 45
Glen Parva 2
Haslar 135
High Down 69
Highpoint 2
Holloway 22
Holme House 50
Leeds 2
Lewes 2
Lincoln 2
Lindholme 105
Liverpool 76
Magilligan 12
Manchester 4
New Hall 2
Norwich 3
Pentonville 13
Rochester 172
Wandsworth 60
Winchester 47
Woodhill 2
Wormwood Scrubs 22
Other Prison establishments 12
Oakington Reception Centre 307
Total 1,743
1 Figures exclude persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover Harbour).
2 Figures include the use of police cells at Dover Harbour.
3 The figures for Prison establishments may include some persons detained under dual immigration and other powers.