Sarah Teather – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of individuals held at HM Prison The Verne solely for immigration purposes as part of the quarterly immigration statistics.

James Brokenshire

Published figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under
Immigration Act powers include those held in short term holding facilities, pre
departure accommodation and immigration removal centres. However, figures
exclude those held in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term
holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those
recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their
dependants.

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of
people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within
Immigration Statistics: October – December 2013, from the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati
stics-quarterly-release.

The provisional date for HMP The Verne to become an
Immigration Removal Centre is September 2014 and following that change specific
figures for the Verne would be regularly published alongside those for other
Immigration Removal Centres.