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.
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.