UK Borders Bill

The noble Lord is testing the edge of my knowledge of detention periods. My understanding is that that information is not centrally collated. I will make further inquiries because I appreciate that the information is sensitive. As a snapshot, I can say that, on 31 March, some 50 children were in detention solely under Immigration Act powers. Of those, 40 children had been in detention for less than a month, 10 for between one and two months and the remainder for between three and four months. The noble Lord will have to accept that there may be some slight inaccuracy in that data, but it is a pretty good snapshot indicator. The vast majority are detained for less than a month.