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Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons are holding individuals solely under immigration powers.


Answered by
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James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 7th April 2014


The prisons detailed below are currently holding individuals in England and Wales solely under immigration powers:

AshfieldGlen ParvaParc
BedfordGuys MarshPentonville
BelmarshHaveriggPeterborough
BirminghamHewellRanby
BrinsfordHigh DownRisley
BristolHighpointRye Hall
BrixtonHollowayStafford
BronzefieldHolme HouseStoke Heath
BullingdonHuntercombeStyal
Bullwood HallIsisSwansea
BureLeedsSwinfen Hall
CardiffLewesThameside
ChelmsfordLincolnUsk
DartmoorLittleheyWakefield
DoncastorLiverpoolWandsworth
DurhamMaidstoneWayland
ElmleyManchesterWhatton
ErlestokeMoorlandWoodhill
ExeterMountWormwood Scrubs
FeatherstoneNew HallWymott
FelthamNorwichVerne
Forest BankNottingham
GarthOakwood


The prisons detailed below are currently holding individuals in Scotland under immigration powers:

Barlinnie, Edinburgh, Cornton Vale, Dumfries


1. All details quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

2. The details have been extracted from NOMS and Home Office reports which are taken from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording
system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.


3. Data generated on 31 March 2014.

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