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Written question asked by Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 4 September 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 September 2018. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 September 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.


Migrants: Detainees

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in the UK had one or both parents placed in immigration detention in each calendar year since 2010; what were the ages of those children; for what period were they separated from one or both parents; and if such records are not kept, why not.

Answer

Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL9959
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children Detainees Migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk