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Written question asked by Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 1 March 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2021. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2021 on behalf of the Home Office.

Migrants: Detainees

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places in immigration removal centres are (1) currently occupied, and (2) available; and what assessment they have made of the number of immigration removal centre places for (a) men, and (b) women, that will be required within their current planning period.

Answer

The immigration removal estate is kept under ongoing review to ensure that the Home Office has sufficient capacity, in the right places and that it provides value for money. We will maintain sufficient capacity to support the removal of those who abuse our hospitality by committing serious, violent and persistent crimes as well as those who do not comply with our immigration laws.

The Home Office publishes statistics on people in detention on the last day of each quarter in the Immigration statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Data on people in detention under immigration powers are published in Table Det_03a of the ‘Detention summary tables - List of tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.

The total operational capacity for the immigration removal centres (if all rooms and beds are in use) is 2462 and the current occupancy rate is 367 as of 3 March 2021.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL13746
Session
2019-21
Attachment
Detention Summary - List of tables
Subjects
Detainees Migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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