HL Deb 31 January 2001 vol 621 cc65-6WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many persons are currently detained under the various Immigration and Asylum Acts; how many of them have been placed in HM Prisons; and which prisons are involved; and [HL458]

How many of those now detained under various Immigration and Asylum Acts are:

  1. (a) persons awaiting deportation; and
  2. (b) persons seeking asylum or appealing against an asylum decision. [HL459]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The requested information is shown in the table below, which is placed in the Library on a monthly basis. The most recent information relates to the number of detainees as at 31 December 2000.

These figures include all those persons detained in prisons exclusively under Immigration Act powers, not just asyulum seekers. These figures are not recorded in such a way as to identify those who are held pending deportation or those who may have applied for asylum at some point.

Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 December 2000, by place of detention
Location Total Detainees
Immigration detention centres2
Campsfield House 176
Dover Harbour 13
Harmondsworth 80
Heathrow Queens Building 15
Longport 2
Manchester Airport 7
Tinsley House 113
Prison establishments3
Altcourse 6
Bedford 7
Belmarsh 43
Birmingham 10
Blakenhurst 2
Brixton 14
Brockhill 2
Bullingdon 3
Canterbury 3
Craiginches 6
Doncaster 10
Dorchester 2
Durham 6

Location Total Detainees
Feltham 4
Forest Bank 4
Gateside 43
Haslar 120
High Down 56
Highpoint 2
Holloway 18
Holme House 14
Leeds 3
Leicester 2
Lindholme 105
Liverpool 40
Magilligan 2
Manchester 11
Pentonville 12
Rochester 177
Styal 3
The Mount 2
Wandsworth 14
Winchester 8
Woodhill 2
Wormwood Scrubs 21
Other prison establishments 12
Total 1,195
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 duel immigration and other powers.