Home Office · reason for leaving detention: Bailed (IJ)

People leaving immigration detention: Bailed (IJ)

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,702 people

People leaving immigration detention for Bailed (IJ) totalled 3,702 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 20.9% (976) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D03
  3. all rows; Reason for leaving detention=Bailed (IJ)
  4. column “Leaving
  5. sum of 485 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2

People leaving immigration detention by reason: 2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k20102015202020252010 Q1: 395 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 374 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 420 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 407 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 415 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 455 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 462 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 488 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 500 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 486 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 460 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 498 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 383 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 423 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 450 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 451 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 450 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 452 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 524 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 685 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 787 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 793 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 866 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 764 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 660 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 782 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 673 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 722 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 721 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 740 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 1,221 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1,300 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,075 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1,150 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 779 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 751 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 645 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 631 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 616 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 639 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 613 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 550 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 355 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 434 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 526 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 480 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 672 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 678 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 825 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,022 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,500 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 1,038 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 947 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,167 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,267 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 1,231 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,181 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,274 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,153 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,302 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,103 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,120 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 946 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 870 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 934 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 952 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodPeople leaving immigration detention by reason
2010 Q1395 people
2010 Q2374 people
2010 Q3420 people
2010 Q4407 people
2011 Q1415 people
2011 Q2455 people
2011 Q3462 people
2011 Q4488 people
2012 Q1500 people
2012 Q2486 people
2012 Q3460 people
2012 Q4498 people
2013 Q1383 people
2013 Q2423 people
2013 Q3450 people
2013 Q4451 people
2014 Q1450 people
2014 Q2452 people
2014 Q3524 people
2014 Q4685 people
2015 Q1787 people
2015 Q2793 people
2015 Q3866 people
2015 Q4764 people
2016 Q1660 people
2016 Q2782 people
2016 Q3673 people
2016 Q4722 people
2017 Q1721 people
2017 Q2740 people
2017 Q31,221 people
2017 Q41,300 people
2018 Q11,075 people
2018 Q21,150 people
2018 Q3779 people
2018 Q4751 people
2019 Q1645 people
2019 Q2631 people
2019 Q3616 people
2019 Q4639 people
2020 Q1613 people
2020 Q2550 people
2020 Q3355 people
2020 Q4434 people
2021 Q1526 people
2021 Q2480 people
2021 Q3672 people
2021 Q4678 people
2022 Q1825 people
2022 Q21,022 people
2022 Q31,500 people
2022 Q41,038 people
2023 Q1947 people
2023 Q21,167 people
2023 Q31,267 people
2023 Q41,231 people
2024 Q11,181 people
2024 Q21,274 people
2024 Q31,153 people
2024 Q41,302 people
2025 Q11,103 people
2025 Q21,120 people
2025 Q3946 people
2025 Q4870 people
2026 Q1934 people
2026 Q2952 people

What this measures

The number of people who left immigration detention in each quarter, split by why they left — returned from the UK, bailed by the Secretary of State, bailed by an immigration judge, granted leave to enter or remain, or other.

What happened after release on bail, or the share of all detainees who are eventually removed — the same person can be detained and released more than once.

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 reason for leaving detention