Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Detainees

(asked on 4th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality detained at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre have been detained at that centre for more than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.


Answered by
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James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 10th September 2015

The table below shows the number of people detained at Dungavel House immigration removal centre by nationality, by length of detention, as at 30 June 2015.

People in detention as at 30 June 2015, at Dungavel IRC, by length of detention, by nationality
Country of nationality3 months to less than 6 months6 months to less than 12 months12 months and over
Afghanistan100
Algeria110
Bangladesh300
China210
Estonia100
Hong Kong100
India200
Kenya010
Kuwait001
Lebanon010
Nigeria120
Pakistan110
Poland200
Uganda100
Vietnam410
Total2081
IRC = Immigration Removal Centre

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q to dt_13_q in Immigration Statistics: April – June 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release

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