PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrants: Detainees (20 April 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered detention under immigration legislation since 23 March 2020.
Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The Home Office publishes data on people entering detention in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the 'summary tables'. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.
Figures covering the first quarter of 2020 will be released on 21st May 2020. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
28 April 2020
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