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People in 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.

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Government	Inherited	Left at / latest	Change during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present	1,788June 2024	2,152June 2026	↑ 20.4%+364
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 2024	1,826September 2019	1,788June 2024	↓ 2.1%−38
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 2019	2,930March 2017	1,826September 2019	↓ 37.7%−1,104
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017	3,483March 2015	2,930March 2017	↓ 15.9%−553
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015	2,802March 2010	3,483March 2015	↑ 24.3%+681
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987	No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983	No complete period was published before this government took office.