§ Mr. CorbynTo 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]
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§ 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.