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<p>Under Rule 21 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001, if detainees on admission to
an immigration removal centre (IRC) wish to declare that they belong to a particular
religion, that information must be recorded. This information is recorded by the IRC
service providers on their own internal detainee management systems and is used to
inform the religious provision available at the IRC.</p><p>Due to the differing recording
methods in place at each of the individual centres information on the religion of
people detained in IRCs in each of the last five years could only be provided at disproportionate
cost.</p>
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