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Asylum: Detainees

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 October 2024UIN 8869

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will (a) collect and (b) publish data on (i) the protected characteristics of individuals in detention who have claimed asylum, (ii) where those individuals are detained and (iii) the period that those individuals have been detained for.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office publishes data on asylum seekers entering, in, and leaving detention in summary table Det_01 of the Immigration System Statistics data tables. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics.

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