Home Office · length of detention: F: 2 months to less than 3 months

People leaving immigration detention: F: 2 months to less than 3 months

4 periods to 2026 Q2

1,591 people

People leaving immigration detention for F: 2 months to less than 3 months totalled 1,591 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 3.3% (54) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D03
  3. all rows; Length of detention=F: 2 months to less than 3 months
  4. column “Leaving
  5. sum of 182 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2

People leaving immigration detention by length of detention: 2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020040060020102015202020252010 Q1: 389 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 441 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 437 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 451 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 476 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 433 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 423 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 505 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 451 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 542 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 498 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 501 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 583 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 681 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 734 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 690 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 679 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 619 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 571 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 618 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 650 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 605 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 589 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 752 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 470 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 638 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 521 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 595 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 472 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 539 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 556 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 587 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 402 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 459 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 326 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 321 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 350 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 360 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 264 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 282 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 299 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 133 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 108 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 109 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 138 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 153 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 219 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 151 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 210 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 277 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 463 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 353 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 205 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 357 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 363 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 383 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 380 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 348 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 320 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 388 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 452 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 485 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 360 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 366 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 441 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 424 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodPeople leaving immigration detention by length of detention
2010 Q1389 people
2010 Q2441 people
2010 Q3437 people
2010 Q4451 people
2011 Q1476 people
2011 Q2433 people
2011 Q3423 people
2011 Q4505 people
2012 Q1451 people
2012 Q2542 people
2012 Q3498 people
2012 Q4501 people
2013 Q1583 people
2013 Q2681 people
2013 Q3734 people
2013 Q4690 people
2014 Q1679 people
2014 Q2619 people
2014 Q3571 people
2014 Q4618 people
2015 Q1650 people
2015 Q2605 people
2015 Q3589 people
2015 Q4752 people
2016 Q1470 people
2016 Q2638 people
2016 Q3521 people
2016 Q4595 people
2017 Q1472 people
2017 Q2539 people
2017 Q3556 people
2017 Q4587 people
2018 Q1402 people
2018 Q2459 people
2018 Q3326 people
2018 Q4321 people
2019 Q1350 people
2019 Q2360 people
2019 Q3264 people
2019 Q4282 people
2020 Q1299 people
2020 Q2133 people
2020 Q3108 people
2020 Q4109 people
2021 Q1138 people
2021 Q2153 people
2021 Q3219 people
2021 Q4151 people
2022 Q1210 people
2022 Q2277 people
2022 Q3463 people
2022 Q4353 people
2023 Q1205 people
2023 Q2357 people
2023 Q3363 people
2023 Q4383 people
2024 Q1380 people
2024 Q2348 people
2024 Q3320 people
2024 Q4388 people
2025 Q1452 people
2025 Q2485 people
2025 Q3360 people
2025 Q4366 people
2026 Q1441 people
2026 Q2424 people

What this measures

The number of people who left immigration detention in each quarter, split by how long they had been detained, from up to three days to over four years.

How long people still in detention have been held (that is the detention population snapshot), or time spent across separate spells of detention.

Source

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