Immigrants: Children
19.11.10
Dr Huppert:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were detained for immigration purposes (a) on each of the last 14 days for which figures are available, (b) in each of the last 12 weeks, (c) in each of the last 12 months and (d) in each of the last five years. [25397]
Damian Green:
The requested information is not available as figures on persons entering detention have been published only since the beginning of 2009. The following tables show the number of children who entered detention each month, solely under Immigration Act powers, between January 2009 and June 2010.
Statistics published in the Quarter 2 Control of Immigration publication state that at 30 June 2010 there were five children detained solely under Immigration Act powers. The figure in the publication is rounded to the nearest five to preserve data confidentiality and so represents a number between three and seven.
Information on children detained solely under Immigration Act powers are available in the Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom, April-June 2010 in the Library of the House and the Home Office’s Research, Development and Statistics website at:
The next quarterly publication will be released on 25 November 2010 which will show the number of children, detained solely under Immigration Act powers, at 30 September 2010.
| Children entering detention( 1,2,5) held solely under Immigration Act powers, by place of initial detention, by month, (excluding Harwich), January 2009 to June 2010( 3,4) | |||||||||||||
| Number of children | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Place of initial detention | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Yarl’s Wood | 90 | 55 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 60 | 75 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 60 | 695
|
| Tinsley House | 15 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 235 |
| Dungavel | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 100 |
| Oakington Reception Centre | 10 | 10 | 5 | * | * | * | – | – | 5 | 5 | * | * | 35 |
| Campsfield House | – | * | * | – | – | – | * | * | – | – | – | * | 5 |
| Haslar | – | – | * | – | – | – | * | – | – | – | * | – | 5 |
| Brook House | – | – | – | – | – | * | – | – | – | – | – | – | * |
| Harmondsworth | – | – | – | – | * | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * |
| Dover Immigration Removal Centre | – | – | – | * | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * |
| Lindholme | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UK Border Agency short term holding facilities | |||||||||||||
| Dover Harbour | * | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | * | 5 | * | – | 5 | – | – | 30 |
| Colnbrook Short Term | – | * | – | – | – | 5 | – | * | * | – | – | – | 10 |
| Pennine House | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | – | – | * | – | – | * |
| Total | 135 | 80 | 40 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 135 | 95 | 90 | 105 | 115 | 75 | 1,120 |
| Number of children | |||||||
| 2010 | |||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total Jan-Jun | |
| Yarl’s Wood | 70 | 55 | 55 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 235 |
| Tinsley House | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 65 |
| Dungavel | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 20 |
| Oakington Reception Centre | 5 | – | – | * | 5 | – | 10 |
| Campsfield House | – | – | * | – | – | – | * |
| Haslar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brook House | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harmondsworth | – | – | – | – | * | – | * |
| Dover Immigration Removal Centre | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lindholme | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UK Border Agency short term holding facilities | |||||||
| Dover Harbour | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Colnbrook Short Term | * | – | – | – | – | – | * |
| Pennine House | – | – | – | – | – | * | * |
| Total | 95 | 70 | 65 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 345 |
| (1) Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown, such as a person who has left detention, but has subsequently been re-detained. (2) Figures for children will overstate if any applicants aged 18 or over claim to be younger. (3) Figures rounded to the nearest five (- = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. Figures exclude persons recorded as entering Harwich Short Term Holding Facility, police cells and Prison Service establishments, those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants. (4) Figures include dependants (5) Management information. |
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HC Deb 19 November 2010 cc1002W-1004W [accessed at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101119/text/101119w0002.htm