Home Office · length of detention: K: 18 months to less than 2 years

People leaving immigration detention: K: 18 months to less than 2 years

4 periods to 2026 Q2

10 people

People leaving immigration detention for K: 18 months to less than 2 years totalled 10 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 28.6% (4) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D03
  3. all rows; Length of detention=K: 18 months to less than 2 years
  4. column “Leaving
  5. sum of 3 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 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0102020102015202020252010 Q1: 18 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 23 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 16 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 26 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 29 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 23 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 18 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 24 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 18 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 7 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 16 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 28 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 19 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 17 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 8 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 11 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 10 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 16 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 8 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 7 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 11 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 7 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 19 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 22 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 18 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 14 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 12 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 9 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 11 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 11 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 19 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 16 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 14 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 13 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 7 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 12 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 8 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 11 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 4 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 2 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 3 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 4 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 7 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 5 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 3 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 5 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 4 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 8 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 3 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 7 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 6 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 9 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 6 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 9 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 2 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 2 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 4 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 7 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 3 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 3 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 3 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodPeople leaving immigration detention by length of detention
2010 Q118 people
2010 Q223 people
2010 Q316 people
2010 Q426 people
2011 Q129 people
2011 Q223 people
2011 Q318 people
2011 Q424 people
2012 Q118 people
2012 Q27 people
2012 Q316 people
2012 Q428 people
2013 Q119 people
2013 Q217 people
2013 Q38 people
2013 Q411 people
2014 Q110 people
2014 Q216 people
2014 Q38 people
2014 Q47 people
2015 Q111 people
2015 Q27 people
2015 Q319 people
2015 Q422 people
2016 Q118 people
2016 Q214 people
2016 Q312 people
2016 Q49 people
2017 Q111 people
2017 Q211 people
2017 Q319 people
2017 Q416 people
2018 Q114 people
2018 Q213 people
2018 Q37 people
2018 Q412 people
2019 Q18 people
2019 Q211 people
2019 Q34 people
2019 Q41 people
2020 Q12 people
2020 Q21 people
2020 Q33 people
2020 Q44 people
2021 Q17 people
2021 Q22 people
2021 Q35 people
2021 Q43 people
2022 Q15 people
2022 Q24 people
2022 Q38 people
2022 Q43 people
2023 Q17 people
2023 Q26 people
2023 Q39 people
2023 Q46 people
2024 Q19 people
2024 Q22 people
2024 Q32 people
2024 Q44 people
2025 Q17 people
2025 Q21 people
2025 Q33 people
2025 Q41 people
2026 Q13 people
2026 Q23 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