HL Deb 02 July 2002 vol 637 cc22-3WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many persons they currently hold subject to restrictions in (a) asylum reception centres; and (b) immigration detention centres; and in respect of (b) how many are subject to removal orders or are facing criminal charges. [HL4794]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Filkin)

The latest available data on the number of persons held in (a) Oakington Asylum reception centre and (b) dedicated immigration removal centres relate to 30 March 2002 and are contained in the table.

Reception centre Population at 30 March 20021
Oakington 230
Immigration Removal Centres
Harmondsworth 525
Campsfield House 185
Haslar 135
Tinsley House 125
Lindholme 95
Dungavel 90
Yarl's Wood2 5
Total Removals Centres 1,160
1 Figures are rounded to nearest five.
2 Only five detainees were being held at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre, which was being temporarily emptied of detainees following the fire there on 14–15 February 2002.

Figures for the number of those detainees who were subject to removal orders as at 30 March would be available only by examination of individual case files at disproportionate cost. Persons facing criminal charges would not normally be held in an immigration removal centre.

Information on Immigration Act detainees as at 29 June will be published on 30 August on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html.

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