Home Office · length of detention: Not available

People in immigration detention: Not available

at 30 June 2026

2,152people

People in immigration detention for Not available was 2,152 people at 30 June 2026, up 10.1% (197) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D02
  3. all rows; Length of detention=Not available
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 623 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

December 2022 to June 2026

People in immigration detention by length of detention: December 2022 to June 2026ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k20222023202420252026December 2022: 1,159 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 1,591 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 1,924 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 1,841 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 1,782 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 1,913 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 1,788 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 1,748 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 1,940 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 1,806 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 1,808 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,962 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 2,090 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,955 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 2,152 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people held in immigration detention on the last day of the quarter, split by how long they had been detained. This is a stock, not a flow.

Entries to or exits from detention during the quarter; since March 2023 the Home Office publishes length of detention as "Not available" for everyone in detention.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: immigration detention detailed datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 51b4d9100ad36864
All values
People in immigration detention by length of detention