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<p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested on individual detainees
from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in a reportable format. The last known
addresses of detainees are not included in the underlying datasets used to produce
the Home Office’s published detention figures and the information requested could
only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The median length of detention of
people leaving the detention estate in Q1 2019 was between 8 and 14 days, and of people
in the immigration detention estate as at 31 March 2019 between 15 and 28 days. Information
on the length of detention of people leaving and in the detention estate is available
in tables dt_06_q and dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration
Statistics, year ending March 2019’.</p><p>The UK ended the routine detention of children
in immigration removal centres in 2010, and enshrined this in law under the Immigration
Act 2014. There remain limited circumstances where, very exceptionally, unaccompanied
children may be detained in the absence of suitable alternatives.</p><p>A range of
educational resources and other welfare services are provided to families with children
in detention. The short time that families spend at the dedicated family accommodation
near Gatwick means that formal education is not provided. The most recent Independent
Monitoring Board report for the centre praised the learning equipment provided to
children during their short stay.</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in
immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee
is £88.68, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,368 (£88.68 multiplied by 365
days). Data can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019
</a></p>
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