§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were held in custody under UK immigration law, on 1 November, broken down by nationality. [13925]
§ Angela EagleThe requested information on persons detained under Immigration Act powers as at 30 June 2001 is given in the table. The table excludes persons detained at Oakington Reception Centre, for which gender information is not available, but includes persons detained in prison establishments under dual Immigration Act and other powers.
More recent information is not currently available. We plan to publish data on immigration detention on 30 November on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html, relating to persons detained as at 30 September.
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Immigration Act detainees us at 30 June 20011, 2 Nationality Male detainees Female detainees Afghanistan 25 — Albania 70 * Algeria 75 — Angola 10 — Bangladesh 45 — Cameroon 15 * China, People's Republic of 65 5 Colombia 15 * Czech Republic 15 — Gambia 10 * Ghana 30 5 India 100 * Iran 15 — Iraq 15 — Ivory Coast 10 — Jamaica 105 5 Kenya 15 5 Latvia 10 — Lithuania 20 — Moldova 10 * Morocco 15 — Nigeria 80 5 Pakistan 115 *
Immigration Act detainees as at 30 June 20011, 2 Male Female Nationality detainees detainees Poland 15 * Romania 30 * Russia 15 — South Africa 10 5 Sri Lanka 65 — Turkey 35 — Uganda 15 — Ukraine 40 * Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 120 5 Zimbabwe 85 10 Other nationalities3 130 10 Total 1,440 55 1Figures rounded to the nearest five, with *= one or two, and exclude persons detained in Oakington Reception Centre and police cells. Figures may not sum due to rounding 2>Figures include 245 persons detained in prison establishments under dual Immigration Act and other powers 3>Other nationalities with five or fewer detainees