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Written Question
Home Office: Research
Wednesday 2nd December 2015

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.

Answered by Karen Bradley

The Spending Review announcement set the overall budget for the Home Office. Officials are now going through the detail and will continue to provide advice to the Home Secretary on individual allocations and spending commitments. We anticipate that funding allocations for research and development will be confirmed in the new year.


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Thursday 5th March 2015

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are detained in prison for immigration control purposes under the service level agreement between her Department and the National Offender Management Service; and when that agreement is due to be renewed.

Answered by James Brokenshire

As at 15 December 2014 there were 394 detainees held in prison establishments
in England and Wales solely under Immigration powers as set out in the
Immigration Act 1971 or UK Borders Act 2007.

The current Service Level Agreement between the Home Office and National
Offender Management Service (NOMS) ends on 31 March 2015. The Home Office is
in negotiation with NOMS to renew the agreement.


Written Question
Detention Centres
Tuesday 25th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spaces are required in the immigration detention estate.

Answered by James Brokenshire

It has been estimated that an estate of around 5,000 beds will support the removal of those with no right to remain in the UK. This figure is subject to reviews of demand, affordability and value for money.


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers are held in prisons under immigration powers.

Answered by James Brokenshire

As of 3 November 2014, there were 385 detainees held in prison solely under immigration powers. The information provided above is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.

It is not possible to distinguish irregular migrants from asylum seekers without the examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for the expansion of Campsfield House detention centre.

Answered by James Brokenshire

Expansion of Campsfield House is subject to a planning application. The budget for its expansion will not be ratified unless and until planning permission is granted and following the completion of subsequent tender negotiations with the selected contractor.


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in detention in immigration removal centres was in each of the last four years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The table below shows the available information on length of detention, in bands, as at the last day of each calendar year for the last four years. The Home Office publishes length of detention figures in bands as average figures can be skewed by the small number of people detained for longer periods.

People in detention by length of detention
As at last day of:2010201120122013
A: 3 days or less17210598115
B: 4 to 7 days45376774
C: 8 to 14 days186191255326
D: 15 to 28 days368421433521
E: 29 days to less than 2 months556570701767
F: 2 months to less than 3 months258325309350
G: 3 months to less than 4 months201186233243
H: 4 months to less than 6 months220170214180
I: 6 months to less than 12 months265272241145
J: 12 months to less than 18 months110627437
K: 18 months to less than 24 months79363822
L: 24 months to less than 36 months50271713
M: 36 months to less than 48 months121333
N: 48 months or more3420
Total2,5252,4192,6852,796

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. The period of detention starts when a person first enters the Home Office detention estate.

If the person is then moved from a removal centre to a police cell or Prison Service establishment, this period of stay will be included if the detention is solely under Immigration Act powers.The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of
people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within Immigration Statistics: April – June 2014, from the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the UK prison estate for the purposes of immigration control is.

Answered by James Brokenshire

A Service Level Agreement between the Home Office and the National Offender Management Service allows for 600 spaces in the prison estate to be used for those held under immigration powers. This can be adjusted at an operational level by mutual agreement.


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have been held in immigration removal centres have been released on bail in each of the last four years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

There were 1,596 detainees released on bail on leaving detention in 2010, 1,820 in 2011, 1,944 in 2012 and 1,707 in 2013.

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.

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within Immigration Statistics: April – June 2014, from the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release


Written Question
Immigrants: Detainees
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in immigration removal centres have been deported from the UK to their country of origin in each of the last four years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Year Total detainees Removed from the UK

2010 Total 25,959 16,577
2011 Total 27,181 16,836
2012 Total 28,575 17,246
2013 Total 30,030 16,933

(1) All figures quoted have been taken from published detention statistics

(2) Total detainees are those detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers and exclude those 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.
(3) Figures relate to cases that have been deported, administratively removed or voluntarily departed from the UK.
(4) Figures relate to the most recent period of sole detention. The period starts when a person first enters the Home Office detention estate. If the
person is then moved from a removal centre to a police cell or Prison Service establishment, this period of stay will be included if the detention is solely under Immigration Act powers.


Written Question
Detention Centres
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detention places were available at the end of each of the last five financial years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The number of detention places available at the end of the last five financial years were as follows:

2008-2009 - 2,665
2009-2010- 2,670
2010-2011- 2,717
2011-2012 - 3,069
2012-2013 - 3,151
2013-2014 - 3,503

The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.