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Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Monday, 11 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017. It was answered by Brandon Lewis (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.


Migrants: Detainees

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were held in immigration detention on 1 December 2017; and in which centres those people were being held.

Answer

Data on people held in immigration detention, broken down by place of detention, are published as at the last day of each quarter. Figures for 31 December 2017 will be released on 22 February 2018. The latest published figures for 30 September 2017 may be found in table dt_12_q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, July to September 2017’, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662536/detention-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118552
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Detainees Migrants Detention centres
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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