| answer text |
<p>The table below is a subset of the latest published information for people detained
in the detention estate who have claimed asylum at some point as at 30 September 2014.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>People in detention as at 30 September
2014, who had claimed asylum (1), by place of detention, by sex and by length of detention
of over 6 months</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td>Male</td><td>Female</td><td>6
months to less than 12 months</td><td>12 months or more</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total
</strong></td><td><strong>1,688</strong></td><td><strong>1,527</strong></td><td><strong>161</strong></td><td><strong>152</strong></td><td><strong>53</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Brook
House IRC</td><td><strong>149</strong></td><td>149</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Campsfield
House IRC</td><td><strong>110</strong></td><td>110</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Colnbrook
IRC</td><td><strong>194</strong></td><td>194</td><td>0</td><td>31</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Colnbrook
STHF</td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dover
IRC</td><td><strong>139</strong></td><td>139</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Dungavel
IRC</td><td><strong>78</strong></td><td>71</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Harmondsworth
IRC</td><td><strong>495</strong></td><td>495</td><td>0</td><td>32</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Haslar
IRC</td><td><strong>51</strong></td><td>51</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Larne
House STHF</td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Morton
Hall IRC</td><td><strong>160</strong></td><td>160</td><td>0</td><td>21</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Pennine
House STHF</td><td><strong>10</strong></td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>The
Verne IRC</td><td><strong>84</strong></td><td>84</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Tinsley
House IRC</td><td><strong>42</strong></td><td>42</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Yarl's
Wood IRC</td><td><strong>172</strong></td><td>20</td><td>152</td><td>10</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1)
Asylum detainees: People detained solely under Immigration Act powers who are recorded
as having sought asylum at some stage and may under record due to instances of detainees
claiming asylum after the data extract date.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>There were
no families with children under the age of 18 detained as at 30 September 2014.</p><p>The
Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained
in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics
release. The data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q
and dt_12_q in Immigration Statistics: July – September 2014 on the GOV.UK website:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p>Published
figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers
include those held in short term holding facilities, pre departure accommodation and
immigration removal centres. Figures exclude those held in police cells, Prison Service
establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours),
and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their
dependants.</p><p> </p>
|
|
