Home Department written question – answered on 11th September 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people held in immigration detention had been held for more than (a) 18 months, (b) 24 months and (c) 36 months on 1 September 2013.
holding answer
The requested information is not available. Figures on people held in detention are collated as at the last day of each quarter, on
Data on the length of detention of people in detention are readily available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: April-June 2013, table dt_09_q from the GOV.UK website:
Figures as at the
Published figures on people held in immigration detention are those detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers at 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.
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