Immigrants: Detainees

(asked on 13th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department paid for the unlawful detention of individuals under immigration powers in each of the last three financial years; for what categories of reason compensation was so paid; and how many such payments were made for each such category of reason.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 19th April 2016

Our records indicate that over the past 3 financial years (covering 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15), that a total of £13.8 million has been paid out to 573 claimants, as per the below table. All of whom were paid compensation following a period of unlawful detention.

Total Unlawful Detention Compensation payments (£ million)

Number of claimants for the last 3 financial years

FY 2012-13

£ 5.0

195

FY 2013-14

£ 4.8

199

FY 2014-15

£ 4.0

179

Caveat to provided data: This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.

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