Immigration Removal Centres

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, how many Immigration Removal Centre there are.


Answered by
Alex Norris Portrait
Alex Norris
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 14th October 2025

The Home Office currently operates seven immigration removal centres (IRCs) throughout the UK, (six in England and one in Scotland).

As of 13 October, the Home Office has the capacity to detain around 2,400 people in IRCs. The table below sets out the current operational capacity for each IRC:

IRC Name

Capacity

Brook House

426

Colnbrook

339

Derwentside

84

Dungavel

150

Harmondsworth

754

Tinsley House

198

Yarl’s Wood

444

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