Asylum: Detainees
(asked on 15th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum-seekers are currently in detention, and in which centres; of these, how many are women or part of families; and how many have been detained for (1) more than six months, and (2) more than one year.
The table below is a subset of the latest published information for people detained in the detention estate who have claimed asylum at some point as at 30 September 2014.
| People in detention as at 30 September 2014, who had claimed asylum (1), by place of detention, by sex and by length of detention of over 6 months | |||||
| Total | Male | Female | 6 months to less than 12 months | 12 months or more | |
| Total | 1,688 | 1,527 | 161 | 152 | 53 |
| Brook House IRC | 149 | 149 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Campsfield House IRC | 110 | 110 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Colnbrook IRC | 194 | 194 | 0 | 31 | 14 |
| Colnbrook STHF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dover IRC | 139 | 139 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
| Dungavel IRC | 78 | 71 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Harmondsworth IRC | 495 | 495 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| Haslar IRC | 51 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Larne House STHF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morton Hall IRC | 160 | 160 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| Pennine House STHF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Verne IRC | 84 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tinsley House IRC | 42 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yarl's Wood IRC | 172 | 20 | 152 | 10 | 0 |
| (1) Asylum detainees: People detained solely under Immigration Act powers who are recorded as having sought asylum at some stage and may under record due to instances of detainees claiming asylum after the data extract date. | |||||
There were no families with children under the age of 18 detained as at 30 September 2014.
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. The data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q and dt_12_q in Immigration Statistics: July – September 2014 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.
Published figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers include those held in short term holding facilities, pre departure accommodation and immigration removal centres. Figures exclude those held in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.