Home Office · length of detention: N: Over 4 years

People leaving immigration detention: N: Over 4 years

4 periods to 2026 Q2

4 people

People leaving immigration detention for N: Over 4 years totalled 4 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 75.0% (12) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D03
  3. all rows; Length of detention=N: Over 4 years
  4. column “Leaving
  5. sum of 1 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 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02.557.520102015202020252010 Q1: 2 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 2 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 3 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 2 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 5 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 3 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 2 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 9 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodPeople leaving immigration detention by length of detention
2010 Q12 people
2011 Q12 people
2011 Q21 people
2011 Q31 people
2011 Q43 people
2012 Q12 people
2012 Q25 people
2012 Q31 people
2013 Q13 people
2013 Q42 people
2014 Q11 people
2015 Q11 people
2015 Q41 people
2017 Q41 people
2018 Q11 people
2022 Q11 people
2022 Q21 people
2022 Q49 people
2023 Q11 people
2023 Q22 people
2023 Q44 people
2024 Q11 people
2025 Q11 people
2025 Q21 people
2026 Q21 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