There were 1037 persons recorded as being in detention(1) in the United Kingdom solely under
Immigration Act powers as at 31 July 2000, by place of detention. Lindholme detention/prison has entered the statistics for the 1st time. (Oakington, though holding immigration detainees, is still excluded).


Location Total Detainees


Immigration detention centres(2)

Campsfield House 187
Dover Harbour 13
Harmondsworth 62
Heathrow 5
Longport 4
Manchester Airport 6
Tinsley House 111

Prison establishments(3)

Bedford 3
Belmarsh 20
Birmingham 6
Blakenhurst 4
Bristol 3
Brixton 15
Bullingdon 5
Canterbury 6
Craiginches 6
Doncaster 7
Dorchester 3
Durham 3
Elmley 2
Feltham 9
Greenock 28
Haslar 153
High Down 22
Holloway 14
Holme House 4
Lancaster Farms 2
Leeds 8
Lewes 2
Lindholme 56
Liverpool 3
Magilligan 10
Manchester 13
Norwich 2
Pentonville 9
Rochester 192
Wandsworth 8
Winchester 2
Wormwood Scrubs 10

Other prison establishments 9

Total 1037



(1) Figures exclude persons detained in police cells (other than at Dover Harbour).
(2) Figures include the use of police cells at Dover Harbour.
(3) The figures for Prison establishments may include some persons detained under dual immigration and other powers.
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Below are the locations of the Home Office, detention estate. (Maximum holding capacity 1,327)


Figures are for the number of beds at each location.

Detention Centres

Campsfield 184
Dover Harbour 20
Harmondsworth 91
Queens buildings 15
Longport 4
Manchester Airport 16
Tinsley House 150

Detention Prisons

*HMP Haslar 139
*HMP Rochester 198
*HMP Lindholme 110

Reception Centres

Oakington 400


*Asylum seekers held in these establishments are subject to prison rules.
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Since coming to power in May 1997, up to the end of July 2000, New Labour have deported over 120, 668 people.