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Entries to immigration detention by nationality under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Entries to immigration detention by nationality: 2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k20102015202020252010 Q1: 6,880 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 6,092 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 6,771 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 6,161 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 7,009 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 6,360 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 6,833 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 6,887 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 7,514 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 7,005 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 7,296 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 7,090 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 7,341 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 7,981 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 7,972 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 7,124 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 7,031 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 6,995 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 8,341 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 7,997 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 7,569 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 8,146 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 9,030 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 7,702 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 7,283 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 7,578 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 7,195 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 6,847 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 7,356 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 6,419 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 6,945 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 6,628 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 6,588 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 6,071 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 5,795 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 6,319 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 6,164 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 5,792 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 6,193 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 6,331 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 4,802 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,834 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,314 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 3,917 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 3,001 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 5,908 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 8,628 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 7,101 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 3,910 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 4,686 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 7,939 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,338 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 4,161 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 4,974 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 4,619 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4,644 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 4,828 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 4,910 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 5,064 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 5,972 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 5,133 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 5,506 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 6,086 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 6,347 entries · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 4,707 entries · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 4,897 entries · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present4,9102024 Q24,8972026 Q2↓ 0.3%−13
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 20246,1932019 Q34,9102024 Q2↓ 20.7%−1,283
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 20197,3562017 Q16,1932019 Q3↓ 15.8%−1,163
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 20177,5692015 Q17,3562017 Q1↓ 2.8%−213
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 20156,8802010 Q17,5692015 Q1↑ 10.0%+689
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.