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Proceeding contribution from Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 July 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on UK Borders Bill.


UK Borders Bill

The noble Lord is testing the edge of my knowledge of detention periods. My understanding is that that information is not centrally collated. I will make further inquiries because I appreciate that the information is sensitive. As a snapshot, I can say that, on 31 March, some 50 children were in detention solely under Immigration Act powers. Of those, 40 children had been in detention for less than a month, 10 for between one and two months and the remainder for between three and four months. The noble Lord will have to accept that there may be some slight inaccuracy in that data, but it is a pretty good snapshot indicator. The vast majority are detained for less than a month.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
694 c160GC 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Asylum Detainees Crimes against the person Age Finance Human rights Immigration controls Immigration Human trafficking Migrants Immigration officers Offenders Protection Powers Prisoners Victims Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre Border and Immigration Agency
Legislation
UK Borders Bill 2006-07
Link
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