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 total capacity is of the UK immigration detention estate.
Answered by James Brokenshire
As of 11 November 2014, the Home Office had the capacity to detain 3,915 immigration detainees in the immigration detention estate. The information provided is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply to National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.
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 annual cost is of a migrant being (a) on an electronic monitoring device and (b) held in detention.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The estimated annual cost of a migrant being on an electronic monitoring device is £4968. The information provided 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.
The average annual cost of a migrant being held in detention is £36,026 and this is based on an average cost of £98.70 per day per detainee.