Asked by: Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are held in each immigration holding or removal centre in the UK.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The table below shows the latest available information of the number of people detained in the detention estate as at 30 September 2015, by centre.
People in detention as at 30 September 2015, by place of detention | |
Brook House IRC | 414 |
Campsfield House IRC | 277 |
Colnbrook IRC | 342 |
Dover IRC | 249 |
Dungavel IRC | 202 |
Harmondsworth IRC | 601 |
Morton Hall IRC | 386 |
The Verne IRC | 509 |
Tinsley House IRC | 112 |
Yarl's Wood IRC | 386 |
Colnbrook STHF | 21 |
Larne House STHF | 6 |
Pennine House STHF | 26 |
Cedars PDA | 0 |
Total | 3,531 |
IRC = Immigration Removal Centre, STHF = Short Term Holding Facility, PDA = Pre Departure Accommodation. | |
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release