§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are detained under the Immigration Act 1971, broken down by(a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) place of detention, (d) length of detention, (f) stage of application and (f) immigration status at the time of detention. [3262]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 10 July 2001]: The latest available information relating to the number of persons detained under Immigration Act powers by place of detention and nationality is given in the tables. Corresponding information on gender, length of detention, stage of application and immigration is not held centrally and could be obtained only by examining individual case files at disproportionate cost.
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Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 may 2001, by place of detention Location Total detainees Immigration detention centres2 Campsfield House 172 Tinsley House 100 Dover Harbour 17 Harmondsworth 87 Longport 6 Manchester Airport 13 Other Detention Centres 1 Prison establishments3 Bedford 5 Belmarsh 48 Birmingham 4 Blakenhurst 6 Bristol 3 Brixton 20 Bullingdon 6 Canterbury 3 Cardiff 52 Chelmsford 7 Cornton Vale 3 Craiginches 4 Doncaster 13 Dorchester 2 Durham 2 Elmley 6 Feltham 10 Forest Bank 7 Gateside 40 Glen Parva 3 Haslar 151
Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 may 2001, by place of detention Location Total detainees High Down 66 Holloway 35 Holme House 49 Leeds 10 Lewes 3 Lindholme 94 Liverpool 104 Maghabberry 4 Magilliagan 12 Manchester 6 Norwich 5 Pentonville 7 Rochester 183 Styal 3 Wandsworth 50 Winchester 39 Woodhill 2 Wormwood Scrubs 70 Other prison establishments 7 Oakington Reception Centre 247 Total 1,787 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. Source:
England and Wales data from IS Detention Services and the Offenders and Corrections Unit (RDS), and Scotland and NI data from IS Glasgow.
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Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 May 2001, by place of detention Nationality Total detainees2 Afghanistan 20 Albania 69 Algeria 63 Angola 6 Australia 2 Bangladesh 35 Bolivia 3 Bosnia-Hercegovina 3 Brazil 4 Bulgaria 4 Burundi 2 Cameroon 16 China (Peoples Rep of China) 105 Colombia 14 Congo 5 Congo, Democratic Republic (form. Zaire) 3 Czech Republic 85 Czechoslovakia 14 Ecuador 7 Estonia 3 France 6 Gambia 8 Ghana 42 Greece 2 Guinea 2 Haiti 2 Hungary 2 India 113 Iran 17 Iraq 27 Ivory Coast 6 Jamaica 210
Persons recorded as being in detention1 in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers as at 31 May 2001, by place of detention Nationality Total detainees2 Kenya 24 Latvia 8 Libya 3 Lithuania 22 Macedonia 2 Malaysia 3 Moldova 6 Morocco 8 Nepal 3 Netherlands 4 Nigeria 95 Pakistan 105 Palestine 2 Poland 34 Romania 57 Rwanda 4 Sierra Leone 10 Slovakia 2 Somalia 7 South Africa 14 Sri Lanka 80 St. Lucia 3 Syria 3 Taiwan 2 Tanzania 6 Togo 4 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Turkey 35 Uganda 15 Ukraine 14 United States of America 4 Unknown (officially designated) 32 USSR 43 Vietnam 2 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 111 Zimbabwe 84 Other nationalities 34 Total 1,787 1 Figures exclude persons detained in police cells (other than Dover Harbour). 2 The figures for Prison establishments may include some persons detained under dual immigration and other powers. Source:
England and Wales data from IS Detention Services and the Offenders and Corrections Unit (RDS), and Scotland and NI data from IS Glasgow.